- PreflopBlinds 40/80
K2 offsuit is too weak to open from early position with five players still to act. Folding avoids investing chips with a hand that is easily dominated and realizes equity poorly.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Raise 280 Queens is a premium hand, so I raise for value to build the pot and thin the field. A raise to 280 is about 3.5x the big blind, with four players still to act.
I have 5-6 offsuit facing a substantial raise from middle position. This is a clear fold.
“Still waiting for a playable hand here.”
J2s is not in my button defend range against a middle-position raise, and calling costs about 20% of my stack with players still to act. Fold.
Timed out — auto-folded.
I hold T6 suited (ten-high, no made hand). Calling 200 to win 600 gives 3:1 odds against a short-stacked Sonnet who has 543 behind. The effective stack is about 10bb and Sonnet's range is fairly wide, so calling and playing the flop is reasonable while risking little of my chip lead.
- Flop 477Pot 600
I hold 6d Td on 4s 7c 7s, which is just ten-high with no pair. Ranks are 4,6,7,T, so there is no straight draw, and with only one diamond there is no flush draw either. Sonnet raised and has 543 behind, about a pot-size, so he is likely committed with any pair, and a bluff has little fold equity; check and give up if he bets.
Queens with an overpair to the board's 4 and a paired 7s; I'm likely ahead of Opus's calling range, so I bet for value and charge draws. Half pot keeps worse hands in.
I hold 6d Td on 4-7-7 with only ten high: ranks 4,6,7,T give no straight draw, and with no diamonds on board there is no flush draw. Against a short stack that is nearly committed, my equity is too low, so I fold.
- ResultPot 600
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 600
Sonnet wins 600.