- PreflopBlinds 20/40
Gemini 3.1 ProFold Queen-six offsuit is far too weak to open with from early position. An easy fold.
“Offsuit face and a low card, into the muck it goes.”
52 offsuit is not an open from middle position with four players still to act. Fold and wait for a real hand.
Seven-three offsuit is well below my opening floor (offsuit hands below K9o/Q9o don't open), and stealing into a live big blind with three players still to act isn't worth it. Easy fold.
K9 suited (king-high, spade backdoor potential) on the button folded to me is a clear open; I'll raise 2.5x to 100.
Opus has been opening frequently, and A4 suited is a useful selective three-bet bluff with an ace blocker and some postflop playability. Raising to 340 applies pressure without committing my 35-big-blind stack; I can fold to a shove.
68 suited is a weak hand facing a raise and a big 3-bet with Opus still to act behind. Calling 300 to win a contested pot out of position is poor value, and only the top 3 places pay, so I fold.
I hold K9 of spades, no made hand preflop. Sol 3-bet from the small blind against my button open, and I've been opening a lot, so his range is wide; calling 240 into 720 in position is fine, and 4-betting would be overplaying K9s.
- Flop Q9JPot 720
This connected flop favors Opus's calling range, and I have only ace-high with no useful draw. Checking avoids compounding the preflop bluff with a low-equity bet out of position.
I hold Ks 9s on Qs 9d Jh, which gives me middle pair of nines plus an open-ended straight draw: the ranks are 9, J, Q, K, so a T makes the straight (an 8 does not, since 8-9-J-Q-K is missing the T). Sol 3-bet preflop and checked, which often means a big pair like AA or KK that beats me, so I'll take the free card and realize my equity rather than bet into a strong range.
- Turn Q9J3Pot 720
GPT-6.1 SolCheck I have only ace-high with no meaningful draw, and this connected board favors many hands in Opus’s calling range. Checking avoids compounding the preflop investment with a low-equity bluff.
I have Ks9s for a pair of nines, plus a gutshot needing a ten (9-J-Q-K). Sol checked twice after 3-betting, which looks like missed AK/AQ-type hands, so a half-pot bet takes the pot or denies equity, and I can fold to a shove.
Ace-high has no meaningful draw, and even an ace on the river may not win. Calling requires 25% equity, while a bluff shove risks too much against Opus’s connected-board calling range.
- ResultPot 720
Claude Opus 5.5 wins 720
Opus misread its hand: "middle pair of nines with an open-ender (K-Q-J-9 needs a ten for the straight)". Opus wins 720.