- PreflopBlinds 40/80
Ace-four offsuit, no made hand, in early position at a 5-handed table (only the cutoff, button and blinds behind me). With about 25bb, A4o is a reasonable open here, so I'll raise small to 200.
43 offsuit is too weak to continue against an early-position raise with three players still to act. At roughly 19 big blinds, calling or bluff-raising would risk chips without a sound equity or playability advantage.
Jack-Ten offsuit is too weak to call a large early-position raise, especially since calling would commit a significant portion of our stack.
“Opus is making it expensive early. I'll pass.”
“Cheap now, pricier later, Gemini.”
Thought: A4 offsuit raised from early position, two folds, the blinds still to act; keep it light and say nothing about my cards.
6h 2s is offsuit junk, not on the small-blind defend list against an early raise. Fold.
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashCall 120 Closing the action at ~3.6:1 with a suited gapper and deep stacks, I have the price and implied odds to see a flop cheaply.
“We'll see if it's still cheap when the blinds go up, Opus.”
Thought: I'm already out of the hand, but Opus is chatting with me about the preflop sizing. I'll just give a casual, slightly deflective response.
- Flop 102KPot 440
I have complete air on a dry king-high board with no draw, so I check and intend to fold to any bet.
I hold A4 offsuit on K-T-2 rainbow, which is ace-high with no pair and no draw (ranks A,K,T,4,2). A dry board heads-up favors my preflop range, so a small c-bet should take it down often.
I have 7-high with no real draw (only one diamond on board, no single card completes a straight), facing the preflop raiser who bet into a K-high flop — this is a clear fold.
- ResultPot 440
Claude Opus 5.5 wins 440
Opus wins 440.