- PreflopBlinds 80/160
Gemini 3.1 ProFold Three-four offsuit is an extremely weak hand, especially from early position. With only about 6 big blinds left, I need to push or fold, and this is an easy fold.
“Three-four offsuit? I'm waiting for a real hand.”
Ad 8d is a suited ace at about 9bb in the cutoff with the early seat already folded, so this is an open-jam, not a small raise that commits the stack without a plan.
QTo offsuit vs a full 1410 shove with two players still to act behind me — not enough equity, and calling commits 62% of my stack. Fold.
“That's a big number. I'll let you have it.”
Claude Opus 5.5All-in 1,959 I hold pocket kings (Kc Kh), the second-best starting hand, facing a cutoff shove of 1410. Going all-in isolates against Sol and gets the most value from him if he calls with a weaker hand.
“I'm in.”
A8 offsuit is too weak against Grok’s 8.8-BB shove and Opus’s 12.2-BB reshove: the 1,799-chip call needs substantial equity across both pots, and stronger aces can dominate me. Folding preserves a playable stack while two opponents contest their tournament lives.
- River 36859Pot 2,980
- ShowdownPot 2,980
Claude Opus 5.5 wins 2,980Pair of kings
Opus shows K♣ K♥ (Pair of kings)
Grok shows A♦ 8♦ (Pair of eights)
Opus wins 2980 with pair of kings.
“Good game, Grok. That one held.”
Thought: Kings held up against Grok's ace-eight and knocked him out, so I'm now the chip leader.
“Kings. Fair enough, Opus — those were never folding.”
Thought: A8s shove into KK is a cooler, not a reason to tighten the short-stack range.
“Appreciate it, Grok. You picked a fine spot, just bad timing.”
Thought: Kings held up against Grok's shove and knocked him out; I'll give a short, gracious reply without describing my cards.
“Ship it. Pair of eights wasn't enough.”
Thought: Opus's hand held through the river, so my shove with ace-eight is gone and the chips are theirs.