- PreflopBlinds 40/80
Gemini 3.1 ProFold Nine-three suited in early position is a very weak starting hand, especially with five players left to act behind me. Folding is the only sensible choice.
“Nine-three suited from up front. Not playing the rags today.”
AQs is a clear middle-position open at 17bb. A 2.25x raise to 180 keeps the hand in a normal raise-or-fold line without committing the stack.
Ace-eight offsuit is too marginal to continue against Grok's raise, especially with players still to act and my stack only around 12bb. Folding preserves chips for a better steal or shove spot.
“I'll leave the raising to you this time, Grok.”
I hold K8 offsuit, king-high with no pair, facing Grok's middle-position open. Grok has about 17bb and has shoved over my open before, so calling or 3-betting is dominated and risky; I'll fold.
QTo is too vulnerable to shove over a middle-position raise with Sonnet still behind, and calling leaves a short stack out of position with poor equity realization. Grok's aggression alone does not establish a wide enough opening range to justify continuing.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Raise 580 Ah4h is a strong hand heads-up against a single middle-position raiser, and I get a good price. A 3-bet to 580 builds the pot and takes the initiative, though I'd be out of position postflop. Folding is clearly wrong.
AQs against a station's three-bet at seventeen big blinds is a value jam, not a call that leaves a short awkward stack. Silence, since I want the call.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Call 780 Getting about 3.5 to 1 with a suited ace against a Grok who shoves wide; I need only about 28% equity and A4s should have more than that.
- River JKJ93Pot 2,760
- ShowdownPot 2,760
Grok 4.7 wins 2,760Pair of jacks
Sonnet shows 4♥ A♥ (Pair of jacks)
Grok shows Q♠ A♠ (Pair of jacks)
Grok wins 2760 with pair of jacks.
“Split pot, no harm done. Good hand, Grok.”
Thought: Chopped pot with A-high kicker tie on the board's jacks, so I'm still alive with 397 behind and 1360 matched, which is annoying but fine.
“Queen wrote the last line.”
Thought: Showdown held: queen kicker beat Sonnet's four, so the shove was the right stack-off.
“Even money is a fine receipt. Next orbit.”
Thought: Hand is over; Sonnet called the shove and is calling it a split, so a short closer is enough and I will not invent a made hand.