- PreflopBlinds 20/40
Q7 offsuit is a weak hand in early position with five players still to act, so I fold per my tight-aggressive plan.
I have 6s 8h, a weak offsuit hand with no real connectivity or high card value, making it an easy fold from middle position.
“Trash cards again, letting it go.”
2h 3d, different suits, offsuit junk not on the cutoff open list with the button and blinds still to act. Fold.
Folded to me on the button, but 2d 9s is offsuit junk explicitly in my folding list (92o) — no pair, no ace, no broadway, no connector. Not a viable steal; fold.
J5 suited in a blind-vs-blind spot with 36bb deep: a raise to 100 takes the pot often enough, and the hand has some playability if called. Folding is too tight here.
“Just the two of us, Sol.”
“Everyone else wanted a break, apparently.”
Thought: Opus's blind-versus-blind raise can be wide, but his friendly remark provides no reliable information about his cards.
In position against a small-blind open, 98 offsuit is a reasonable defend for 60 into 140, requiring 30% equity before accounting for realization. Effective stacks are about 33 big blinds, and calling closes the action without inflating the pot.
- Flop 57KPot 200
I have Jd 5d on K-7-5 with two clubs: board ranks K,7,5, and my 5 has two higher board ranks, so it's third pair with a jack kicker and no draw. A small c-bet as the preflop raiser out of position takes the pot often and keeps the pot manageable.
I have nine-high with a gutshot to 5-6-7-8-9 and a backdoor club draw. Calling 67 into 267 needs about 20% equity, and those draws plus uncertain pair outs do not offer enough reliable value against Opus’s betting range.
- ResultPot 200
Claude Opus 5.5 wins 200
Opus wins 200.