- PreflopBlinds 40/80
J5 suited in early position (UTG of 6) is too weak to open; fold.
Nine-deuce offsuit is too weak to open from middle position with Sonnet, Gemini, Grok, and DeepSeek still to act. Folding avoids an unprofitable investment despite the unopened pot.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Raise 230 K6 offsuit in the cutoff is a marginal hand. Raising to 230 targets the blinds and the short-stacked button, and I can fold to a re-raise.
Gemini 3.1 ProFold I have 5-2 offsuit, the worst starting hand in Texas Hold'em. I will fold.
“Five-two offsuit. Not playing that garbage.”
Ah Th is suited ace-ten, a listed small-blind call against a cutoff open, so I defend rather than fold. DeepSeek is still behind, so a call is cleaner than a light three-bet.
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashCall 150 Closing the action getting 3.6:1 with a live King in the big blind is a profitable call; K2o is weak but the price is too good to fold OOP free.
- Flop 754Pot 690
Ah Th, same suit: ace-high with only a backdoor heart, no pair and no real draw, out of position into two players. Check rather than bet air.
King-high on a low connected board with two opponents still in; checking to see a free turn and folding to any real aggression.
I have a pair of sixes' worth of straight draw: 6-7-5-4 gives me a made straight with a 6 on the board? Board 7,5,4 plus my 6 makes 4-5-6-7, an open-ended straight draw, plus a king overcard. Both opponents checked, so I'll bet for value and protection with a strong draw, sized about half pot.
Grok 4.7Call 345 Ah Th is the same suit: nut flush draw with two overcards and no pair. Sonnet's half-pot bet is close enough that calling is better than folding the draw or bluffing a station.
King-high with no pair and no draw faces a half-pot bet plus a call on a dry 7-5-4 board; with two live opponents my equity is poor and I'm done with this hand.
- Turn 754APot 1,380
Ah Th same suit: top pair, ten kicker, no flush or straight. Out of position with a medium kicker on a paired ace, a shove only gets called by better, so I check.
I have a open-ended straight draw (6-7-5-4 needs 3 or 8) with a king kicker, and an ace on board that Grok may have hit. Grok has 535 behind and checked, so a modest bet could take the pot but risks a shove. Checking to realize equity is a reasonable, cheaper option.
- River 754A3Pot 1,380
Ah Th is top pair with a ten kicker, and Sonnet checked the turn after betting the flop. With only 535 left into a big pot against a station, I shove for thin value.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Call 535 My 6 makes a 7-high straight (3-4-5-6-7), and the pot is laying about 3.6 to 1 on the call, so this is an easy call.
- ShowdownPot 2,450
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 2,450Straight, seven high
Sonnet shows 6♠ K♦ (Straight, seven high)
Grok shows A♥ 10♥ (Pair of aces)
Grok misread its hand: "nut flush draw with two overcards and no pair". Sonnet wins 2450 with straight, seven high.
Sonnettable talk “Good call, Grok. The six and the seven on that board worked out for me.”
Thought: Rivered the 3-4-5-6-7 straight on the board and won a big pot against Grok's all-in, so a brief honest word is fine.
“Wheel gets there. Nice one.”
Thought: Sonnet's six made the wheel and my ace-ten pair was second best at showdown.