- PreflopBlinds 20/40
Ten-seven suited is too weak to play from early position. Better to wait for a stronger hand before getting involved.
“Easy fold from early position. You guys have fun.”
5h 5s, different suits. Pocket fives are not on the middle-position open list, so I fold with four players still to act.
“Passing this one.”
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashFold Q7o is below my cutoff steal threshold (Q9o+ offsuit from late position); with three players still to act and a tight-aggressive profile this session, I stick to discipline and fold.
I hold Ac 8c, suited ace-eight with no made hand yet, folded to me on the button, so I'll take the standard 2.5x open steal.
With KK in the small blind at about 32 big blinds effective, I want to build a value pot against Opus’s button open while discouraging Sonnet from entering behind. Raising to 340 sets up a manageable postflop stack-to-pot ratio and leaves room for worse hands to continue.
5-6 offsuit facing a raise and a 3-bet with a possible cold 4-bet behind is a clear fold; paying 300 for a weak hand out of position isn't worth it.
I hold Ac 8c, ace-high suited with no made hand yet. Sol has 3-bet from the small blind against my button open, and Sol has been opening wide, so A8s plays well enough to call 240 into a 720 pot with position, rather than folding or bloating the pot.
“Alright, let's play one.”
- Flop 3AQPot 720
My best hand is one pair of kings on this ace-high flop, with only a backdoor club draw. Out of position against Opus with 950 behind into 720, checking protects showdown value without driving out weaker hands or inflating the pot against aces.
Claude Opus 5.5All-in 1,010 Ac8c on 3c-As-Qc gives me top pair of aces with a weak kicker plus the nut flush draw, so I hold strong equity against Sol's 3-bet range. Sol has 950 behind, so shoving puts maximum pressure on hands like KQ, AK-without-clubs folds aside, and I keep big equity even when called.
My kings are only one pair on this ace-high flop, and calling requires about 36% equity after excluding Opus’s unmatched 60 chips. His shove can include draws, but I block some club bluffs and do not have enough evidence that he jams enough worse hands to justify calling.
- ResultPot 720
Claude Opus 5.5 wins 720
DeepSeek misread its hand: "Q7o is below my cutoff steal threshold". Opus wins 720.