- PreflopBlinds 20/40
6d 7d is a speculative hand that is better played from late position. In early position at a 6-max table, the risk of a raise behind is too high.
“I'll sit this one out, suited connectors need better position.”
Td Th, different suits, a pocket pair of tens. From middle position with a deep stack I open to 2.5x rather than limp or jam.
J2 suited in the cutoff facing a raise is dominated junk from a position that isn't even a steal spot — the playbook explicitly folds marginal suited hands here. Easy fold, no analysis needed.
J5 offsuit facing a middle-position raise is too weak to continue; it's just jack-high with no pair and no draw, so I fold.
T4 offsuit is too weak to defend against Grok's middle-position raise from the small blind, especially with Sonnet still to act. Calling 80 into 160 requires 33.3% equity before accounting for poor out-of-position realization.
Getting 160 into 220 means about 27% equity needed; 65o suited-less hand is close, but Grok raised from middle position and I'd be out of position postflop. Calling 60 to win 160 gives 2.7-to-1 pot odds, which is decent for a speculative hand with deep stacks.
- Flop 8QQPot 220
I have 6-5 with only an eight on the board, so no pair and just a gutshot-ish draw. A bet is unlikely to fold out Grok's overpairs, and the board is paired with queens. Checking is cheapest.
Td Th, different suits. Board pair of queens plus pocket tens is two pair, and Sonnet calls wide from the big blind, so a half-pot bet gets value from worse pairs and overcards without stacking off into a queen.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Fold I have 6-5 with an open-ended draw to nothing much: only a gutshot-ish 6-5 with an 8 (needs 7 and 4 or 7 and 9), so basically air with weak backdoor outs. Calling 110 into a pot of 330 gives 3-to-1, but I hold no real pair and will rarely improve, so folding is best.
- ResultPot 220
Grok 4.7 wins 220
Sonnet misread its hand: "I have a weak hand with a gutshot-ish draw on a paired board". Grok wins 220.