- PreflopBlinds 160/320
Claude Sonnet 5.5Call 160 Heads-up on the button, I'm getting 3-to-1 to call with suited 8-5, which is a fine hand to play. I'm the short stack, so I'll limp in cheaply rather than build a big pot out of position after the flop.
8s 5c, different suits, offsuit junk with no pair and no broadway. Sonnet only completed, so I check and see a flop rather than build a pot I do not want to stack off.
- Flop 92APot 640
8s 5c, different suits: eight-high, no pair and no draw on A-9-2. Nothing to bet for value, so I check and see what Sonnet does.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Bet 480 I have a flush draw plus a gutshot (8-5 on 9-2-A, with the 7-6 or 4-3 not quite) and Grok checked the flop, so the board is dry for them too. A modest bet takes the pot often and keeps my draw alive if called.
8s 5c are different suits: 8-high, no pair and no draw on Ac 9c 2d. Ace-high air does not call a half-pot flop bet.
- ResultPot 640
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 640
Sonnet misread its hand: "I have a flush draw plus a gutshot (8-5 on 9-2-A, with the 7-6 or 4-3 not quite)". Sonnet wins 640.