- PreflopBlinds 20/40
52 suited in early position is a weak hand; fold per tight playbook.
Ace-queen suited is a strong opening hand from middle position at roughly 36 big blinds. Raising to 90 builds value while keeping the sizing controlled with four players still to act.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Raise 270 Ax suited with a wheel draw is a good 3-bet candidate in position over a middle-position open, with three players still to act behind me. A raise to 270 is enough to pressure the blinds and the button.
2s 5h is one of the worst hands in poker. Facing a raise and a 3-bet, it's an easy fold.
“Too much action for me.”
27 offsuit in the small blind is junk against a raise and a re-raise, with DeepSeek still to act. Fold.
3c5s is offsuit trash facing a raise and a 3-bet to 270; calling 230 with the worst hand at the table is a pure chip-burn. Easy fold.
Calling costs 180 into 420, requiring 30% equity, and AQ suited is strong enough to continue against Sonnet’s potentially wider three-bet range. Calling keeps weaker hands in without committing my 36.5-big-blind stack against a stronger calling range.
- Flop 3QKPot 600
I have second pair with top kicker, but Sonnet’s three-betting range connects well with this board. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding an unnecessary commitment out of position.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Bet 300 I have top pair with an ace kicker on a K-Q-3 board, plus a backdoor nut flush draw only if diamonds come. Sol called a 3-bet and checked, so he likely holds a pocket pair or a king. A half-pot bet gets value from worse kings and queens without risking my whole stack.
Calling costs 300 to contest 1200, requiring 25% equity. Second pair with an ace kicker can beat Sonnet’s continuation-bet bluffs and weaker pairs; raising would mostly isolate stronger hands.
- Turn 3QKQPot 1,200
I have trip queens with an ace kicker at a low stack-to-pot ratio, though flushes and full houses are possible. Checking keeps Sonnet’s bluffs and weaker value hands in play rather than forcing them out with a lead.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Bet 400 I have the nut flush draw with an ace-high flush draw and an inside draw, plus an ace-high that may be good. Sol called two streets and then checked the turn, so Sol may hold a king or a queen. A modest bet can win now, and I keep a draw to the nuts if called.
I have trip queens with the best kicker, and Sonnet can still call with AA, AK, or a spade draw. With only 890 left and a large pot, shoving gets value and charges draws before a difficult river arrives.
I have only ace-high on a paired, three-spade board, and Sol's check-raise all-in on the turn looks like a made hand. I'd need about 17% equity to call and I have well under that.
- ResultPot 2,000
GPT-6.1 Sol wins 2,000
Sonnet misread its hand: "I have top pair with an ace kicker on a K-Q-3 board". Sol wins 2000.