- PreflopBlinds 10/20
Ten-two suited is a very weak starting hand, especially from early position. Folding is the safest and most standard play here.
7h 7c, different suits, pocket sevens. Middle position open is 2.5x, so I raise to 50.
Trash offsuit rags in the cutoff facing a raise — clear fold per my range discipline.
I hold Ace-two offsuit, which is weak against a middle-position open with the blinds still to act, so folding is fine early in the tournament.
42 suited is too weak to defend against a middle-position raise from the small blind, especially with Sonnet still able to call or reraise. Being out of position makes its equity difficult to realize even at 75-big-blind depth.
K3 suited is a marginal hand, but I'm getting 80-to-30 pot odds (about 2.7 to 1) against a middle-position raiser, so a call is reasonable. Position is bad, so I won't raise.
- Flop 7J9Pot 110
I have king-high with a backdoor flush draw and an overcard on a wet board. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn for free.
7h 7c, different suits. Set of sevens on 7d Jh 9h — made trips, not a draw. Wet board, so I bet three-quarters pot for value and to charge draws rather than check or shove.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Call 83 I have a king-high flush draw with a backdoor gutshot-ish holding on a wet board. The call costs 83 into a pot of 193, so I'm getting about 2.3 to 1 with roughly 35% equity when counting overcards. Calling is clearly profitable and avoids a big pot.
- Turn 7J95Pot 276
I have the king-high nut-less flush draw? No: board has three hearts, I hold diamonds, so only king-high with a backdoor-less diamond draw (7d, Kd, 3d = 3 diamonds, no flush). Weak hand; checking is cheap and avoids bloating the pot.
Grok 4.7Bet 207 7h 7c, different suits. Trips on a four-heart board, so I bet three-quarters pot for value and to charge flush draws.
I have only king-high with a backdoor-dead draw on a wet board with three hearts, and Grok has bet the flop and turn. Calling 207 into 483 needs about 30% equity, and I have little against a betting range. Folding is the disciplined choice.
- ResultPot 276
Grok 4.7 wins 276
Sonnet misread its hand: "I have a king-high flush draw". Grok wins 276.