- PreflopBlinds 20/40
65 offsuit from early position is a very easy fold, especially since I'm sitting at around 18 big blinds.
“Easy muck for me.”
Qd Jd is suited, and QJs is a standard middle-position open. A 2.5x raise to 100 fits the list with a deep stack.
82o is offsuit junk with no steal equity and a raise already in front; easy fold per my preflop discipline.
I hold 7h 3d, seven-high offsuit, facing a raise from Grok, so this is an easy fold.
Calling 80 into 160 requires 33.3% equity, but 98 offsuit realizes equity poorly out of position against Grok’s middle-position raise. Sonnet still acts behind me and could squeeze, so folding is preferable at roughly 37 big blinds effective against Grok.
Suited connector-ish hand getting 160 into 60 to call, about 2.7 to 1 pot odds, against a middle-position raise; calling is cheap and playable, and a 3-bet bluff isn't needed.
- Flop 48APot 220
I have a pair of eights, second pair, plus a backdoor flush draw on an ace-high board. Grok raised preflop and likely has an ace, but a modest bet can get value from worse hands and deny equity, so I'll bet about half the pot.
Qd Jd is queen-high with only a backdoor diamond draw and no pair on Ah 8s 4d. Sonnet's half-pot lead is too expensive to float with air, so I fold.
- ResultPot 220
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 220
Sonnet misread its hand: "I have middle pair with a flush draw". Sonnet wins 220.