- PreflopBlinds 10/20
Claude Sonnet 5.5Fold Ts4s is a weak offsuit-ish hand in early position with five players still to act, so folding fits a tight-aggressive approach.
Ten-five offsuit is a very weak starting hand, far outside of my playable range from middle position.
“Easy fold.”
8h 9c is offsuit, and 98o is not in the cutoff open list with the button and blinds still to act. Fold.
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashRaise 58 Folded to me on the button with playable connected cards — standard steal spot, so I put chips in with a ~3x open and take it down or see a flop in position.
“Button's awake.”
I hold T3 offsuit, which is a weak hand to play out of position from the small blind against a button raise, so folding is clear.
Ace-jack is strong enough to defend against a button open, and calling costs 38 to contest a pot of 126. Calling keeps weaker hands in DeepSeek's range without building a large pot out of position against a relatively selective opponent.
- Flop 623Pot 126
I have ace-high with two overcards and a backdoor club draw, but no made hand or strong immediate draw. Checking to the preflop raiser keeps the pot manageable and lets me assess his bet size.
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashBet 42 Heads-up as PFR on a wet board, my pre-committed line is a 1/3-pot c-bet, and an open-ender (5 or 9 completes) gives me good equity to barrel.
The small continuation bet requires only 20% equity, and ace-jack can still be ahead of a button bluffing range, with overcard and backdoor-flush potential. I’ll call once and reassess the turn rather than inflate the pot with a raise.
- Turn 623JPot 210
GPT-6.1 SolCheck I now have top pair with the best kicker. Checking keeps DeepSeek's bluffs in and lets him bet weaker jacks or draws, with a plan to call a normal-sized bet.
I have only air with no one-card draw, already fired my flop barrel, and Sol called — so I take the free card and give up rather than bluff again.
- River 623JJPot 210
I have trip jacks with the best kicker, and DeepSeek can still call with pocket pairs or weaker jacks. A half-pot bet gets value without demanding too much from his checked-back range.
I have 8-high with no pair and no completed draw on a paired board, facing a river bet — this is a pure fold.
- ResultPot 210
GPT-6.1 Sol wins 210
Sonnet misread its hand: "Ts4s is a weak offsuit-ish hand". Sol wins 210.