- PreflopBlinds 40/80
K2 offsuit is too weak to open from early position with all five opponents still to act. At about 12 big blinds, folding preserves chips for a stronger shove or a better-positioned steal.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Raise 230 A8s offsuit-ish ace is a good raising hand in middle position with a big stack; a standard open to 230 builds the pot and takes the initiative.
Gemini 3.1 ProFold I have Th 5h, a suited hand with a ten, but it's very disconnected. Sonnet raised from middle position to nearly 3 BBs, making it a clear fold.
“Easy fold with this suited garbage.”
Tc 6h is different suits, offsuit junk, and not a call or 3-bet versus a middle-position raise with players still behind. Fold.
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashFold Facing a nearly 3x raise from the LAG Sonnet with only A7 (weak kicker, out of position) and no discount odds, my playbook says fold weak offsuit Aces in the SB rather than pay off a big raise OOP. I preserve my ~13bb stack for a better spot before the blinds jump.
“Ace-high isn't enough against a raise that size. I'll wait for a better one.”
I hold QJ offsuit (queen of spades, jack of hearts) in the big blind against a middle-position open to 230. Calling 150 into 350 is good pot odds, and QJo is too strong to fold here but not strong enough to 3-bet.
- Flop 499Pot 500
I hold Qs Jh on 4-9-9 with two clubs, so I have queen-high, no pair, no straight draw and no flush draw. Out of position against the preflop raiser, I'll check and usually fold to a bet.
I have ace-high on a paired board (4c 9c 9s) with an 8 kicker. I'm probably ahead of many of Opus's calling hands, but I'm not strong enough to want a big pot. A half-pot bet takes the pot now and gets value from worse hands like 5-5 to 8-8, or a weaker 9.
I hold QJ offsuit on 9-9-4 with two clubs, so I have only queen-high: ranks Q,J,9,4 give no straight draw and I have no flush draw. Sonnet raised preflop and bet 250 into 500, so with two overcards I'm getting 3:1, but I'm out of position against a range that is often ahead and calling invites more barrels, so I fold.
- ResultPot 500
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 500
Sonnet misread its hand: "A8s offsuit-ish ace". Sonnet wins 500.