{
  "schema_version": "1.3",
  "rebuild": "v2",
  "provenance_class": "model_spot",
  "table_size": 3,
  "id": "ak-call-down-low-board-4bet",
  "format": "call_fold",
  "free": true,
  "updated_at": "2026-08-08T00:00:00Z",
  "source": {
    "session_id": "4-betPots",
    "verdict_audio": "quiz/audio/ak-call-down-low-board-4bet.m4a",
    "verdict_audio_beats": "4-betPots SER word spans [4973,4989] + [6078,6099] (tools/cut_quiz_audio.py; re-cut 2026-08-05, ledger re-verified against the shipped 14.66 s m4a 2026-08-08). t = 1895.31-1899.27 and 2290.79-2300.54. Beat 1 ('by the river on a low board it's worth like 50 bigs as a call down') is spoken with THIS decision node already on screen: the river panel r:0:b2100:c:3s6d8s:b3024:c:5c:b5499:c:5h:b10000 / 'Pot: 10000 5499 0 (15499)' is up from t=1896 (frame head_1896). SPLICE DECLARED: beat 2 (the game plan + queen carve-out, SER s434-436 including the s435 'ace King' restart) is spoken over the sibling turn of the same tree (r:0:b2100:c:3s6d8s:b3024:c:Tc:b5499, board 8s 6d 3s Tc, 'Pot: 5499 3024 0 (8523)', frames t=2291.5 and t=2299.5) — same .cfr, same 8s6d3s flop, different turn card. RETIRED FROM THE CUT: SER s369 'worth like 21 big blinds' — it is the FLOP node's A♥K♠ CALL cell (2153.6 chips at r:0:b2100:c:3s6d8s:b3024, frame t=1882), a different node from the river decision this quiz grades, and the numeral collides with the 21 bb 4-bet on the felt. Word trims: w4990-4992 'wow I mean' and w6100 'I' dropped. Aired final word verified 'hits' by two independent re-ASR passes (small.en, whole-file and beat-isolated); SER's 'has' is the mishear.",
    "lesson_slug": null,
    "solver_node": {
      "tool": "PioSOLVER / PioViewer 2.0.7.21 (PioSOLVER-edge 2.0.8, Feb 16 2022)",
      "file": "C:\\Users\\Tyler\\Dropbox\\Poker\\Webinars\\SBvsBB\\vs 4-bet 2022\\PoolRange4-betAutoBet-3-streets-COvsBTN.cfr",
      "node": "r:0:b2100:c:3s6d8s:b3024:c:5c:b5499:c:5h:b10000",
      "video_t": 1899.5,
      "video_t_by_node": {
        "flop  r:0:b2100:c:3s6d8s:b3024": 1882.0,
        "turn  ...:c:5c:b5499": 1889.0,
        "river ...:c:5h:b10000 (the decision)": 1899.5
      },
      "board": "8s 6d 3s 5c 5h",
      "pot_chips": {
        "preflop_after_root_call": 4200,
        "flop_after_call": 6048,
        "turn_after_call": 10998,
        "facing_at_decision": 15499,
        "panel_line_at_decision": "Pot: 10000 5499 0 (15499)  Starting Stacks:10000  [OOP invested / IP invested / dead / total]"
      },
      "stacks_chips": {
        "starting": 10000,
        "hero_behind_at_decision": 4501,
        "oop_behind_at_decision": 0,
        "dead_money": 0
      },
      "chips_per_bb": 100,
      "seats": "OOP = CO (the pool's 4-bet range); IP = BTN = hero (panel header 'IP Decision: SMALL_STRATS'; file name COvsBTN)",
      "sizings_chips": {
        "root_raise": 2100,
        "flop_bet": 924,
        "turn_bet": 2475,
        "river_bet": 4501,
        "checks": "924/4200 = 22.0%; 2475/6048 = 40.92%; 4501/10998 = 40.93%; 5499+4501 = 10000 = the starting stack (a geometric three-street stack-off)"
      },
      "villain_model": "AutoBet tree — the OOP range is CONSTRAINED to bet on all three streets (the OOP river panel offers a single action, BET 4501 (40.9%), 62.1 combos, 100.00%). Named on tape: SER e0362 Tyler 'that's the auto bet' / e0363 Eric 'expected to be a mixed call without the auto bet' (t=1909-1916). Both quoted EV figures are EVs against this forced-barrel model, not against a checking opponent.",
      "ev_units": "chips, NET, after 5% rake (panel: 'IP Strategy and EV in chips after 5% rake'). FOLD renders 0.0 for every combo, and OOP bluff combos at the sibling node render negative, so a CALL figure is directly comparable to folding.",
      "read_from": "temporally-averaged frames of cache/4-betPots.mp4 at t=1880/1889/1899-1901/2290, READ-ONLY (the capture carries operator branding and is never aired)"
    }
  },
  "context": "SOLVER NODE · CO 4-BET RANGE vs BTN · 100 BB DEEP · OOP BETS EVERY STREET",
  "hero": {
    "pos": "BTN",
    "cards": [
      "Ah",
      "Ks"
    ],
    "stack_bb": 45.01,
    "avatar": "lono_ghoul",
    "button": true
  },
  "seats": [
    {
      "pos": "HJ",
      "avatar": "ghoul_2678",
      "folded": true
    },
    {
      "pos": "CO",
      "avatar": "ghoul_4217",
      "stack_bb": 0,
      "villain": true
    }
  ],
  "streets": [
    {
      "name": "preflop",
      "actions": [
        {
          "pos": "HJ",
          "act": "fold"
        },
        {
          "pos": "CO",
          "act": "raise",
          "to_bb": 2.5
        },
        {
          "pos": "hero",
          "act": "raise",
          "to_bb": 8
        },
        {
          "pos": "CO",
          "act": "raise",
          "to_bb": 21
        },
        {
          "pos": "hero",
          "act": "call"
        }
      ],
      "pot_bb": 42.0
    },
    {
      "name": "flop",
      "board": [
        "8s",
        "6d",
        "3s"
      ],
      "actions": [
        {
          "pos": "CO",
          "act": "bet",
          "to_bb": 9.24
        },
        {
          "pos": "hero",
          "act": "call"
        }
      ],
      "pot_bb": 60.48
    },
    {
      "name": "turn",
      "board": [
        "8s",
        "6d",
        "3s",
        "5c"
      ],
      "actions": [
        {
          "pos": "CO",
          "act": "bet",
          "to_bb": 24.75
        },
        {
          "pos": "hero",
          "act": "call"
        }
      ],
      "pot_bb": 109.98
    },
    {
      "name": "river",
      "board": [
        "8s",
        "6d",
        "3s",
        "5c",
        "5h"
      ],
      "actions": [
        {
          "pos": "CO",
          "act": "allin",
          "to_bb": 45.01
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "prompt": "A\u2665K\u2660 \u00b7 THE 4-BET RANGE JAMS THE PAIRED RIVER \u2014 CALL OR FOLD?",
  "pot_bb": 154.99,
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "call",
      "label": "CALL"
    },
    {
      "id": "fold",
      "label": "FOLD"
    }
  ],
  "correct": "call",
  "option_feedback": {
    "call": "Correct \u2014 A\u2665K\u2660 is a pure call at this node: its call branch runs +50.4 BB against a fold branch of exactly 0, and all twelve A-K offsuit combos price out the same way. That is the solver's answer to a 4-bet range forced to bet every street \u2014 not money you book. And the carve-out in the game plan \u2014 'unless a queen hits' \u2014 is about the runouts that put a queen on board: this one came 8-6-3-5-5 and never did.",
    "fold": "Folding banks exactly the zero. The river 5\u2665 pairing the turn 5\u2663 looks like a reason to let it go, but nothing at this node says so: fold EV is 0 while A\u2665K\u2660's call branch is +50.4 BB. The queen carve-out in the game plan means runouts that bring a queen \u2014 this board stayed low the whole way."
  },
  "verdict_text": "By the river on a low board, it's worth like 50 bigs as a call-down. So the game plan postflop, in position with ace-king, is basically: ace-king is called down unless a queen hits.",
  "principle": "A 4-bet range that keeps firing is what makes ace-high a call-down: on a low runout at an SPR under 2, A-K's call branch beats folding on every street \u2014 flop, turn and river. The runouts that flip the plan are the ones that put a queen on board; 8-6-3-5-5 never did.",
  "pct_provenance": {
    "21": {
      "role": "bet_size",
      "referent": "The only 21 on the card is the CO's 4-bet size on the felt: root action RAISE 2100 chips \u00f7 100 chips/BB = 21 BB (node r:0:b2100). The RETIRED spoken figure 'worth like 21 big blinds' (SER s369) was the FLOP node's A\u2665K\u2660 CALL cell \u2014 2153.6 chips = 21.5 BB at r:0:b2100:c:3s6d8s:b3024, a different node from this river decision \u2014 and was cut from the verdict audio (2026-08-05); it appears in no displayed string. Do not reintroduce it: it is not a river figure and its numeral collides with the 4-bet size.",
      "source": "root frame t=1873 ('OOP Player money in the pot: 250 / IP Player money in the pot: 800 / Extra dead money: 0 / BB size: 100', ribbon 'Root | RAISE 2100 (81.3%)'); retired figure: flop frame t=1882 IP combo panel (A\u2665K\u2660 CALL 2153.6, FOLD 0.0) + SER s369 t=1880.4"
    },
    "50": {
      "role": "solver_ev",
      "referent": "CALL-branch EV for A\u2665K\u2660 at THIS river node r:0:b2100:c:3s6d8s:b3024:c:5c:b5499:c:5h:b10000 \u2014 5040 chips = 50.4 BB, net after 5% rake, against FOLD = 0. Read it as 'calling is worth ~50 BB more than folding for this combo against an OOP range forced to barrel all three streets', never as 'the hand is worth 50 BB'.",
      "source": "frame t=1900 IP combo panel; spoken SER sentences 372+373 / event e0360 t=1895.3 'by the river on a low board it's worth like 50 bigs as a call down' — spoken with the river node already on screen (panel visible from t=1896, frame head_1896)"
    },
    "50.4": {
      "role": "solver_ev",
      "referent": "same figure to the node's precision: A\u2665K\u2660 CALL = 5040 chips \u00f7 100 chips/BB at the river node above; the whole AKo row runs 5040-5118 and every FOLD cell is 0.0, which is why the copy says all twelve offsuit combos price the same way. Model-dependent: it is an EV against the AutoBet (forced-barrel) OOP range.",
      "source": "frame t=1900 IP combo panel: A\u2660K\u2665 5084, A\u2660K\u2666 5073, A\u2660K\u2663 5084, A\u2665K\u2660 5040, A\u2665K\u2666 5062, A\u2665K\u2663 5073, A\u2666K\u2660 5084, A\u2666K\u2665 5118, A\u2666K\u2663 5118, A\u2663K\u2660 5040, A\u2663K\u2665 5073, A\u2663K\u2666 5062"
    }
  },
  "size_claims": {
    "low": {
      "kind": "board_texture",
      "street": null,
      "actor": null,
      "pct_of_pot": null,
      "refers_to": "the board's RANKS \u2014 8\u2660 6\u2666 3\u2660 5\u2663 5\u2665, nothing above an eight \u2014 which is Tyler's phrase 'on a low board' (and the id's 'low-board'). It is NOT a bet-size adjective: this node's bets are 22.0% / 40.9% / 40.9% of pot and are displayed on the felt as exact BB amounts (9.24 / 24.75 / 45.01), never as an adjective.",
      "source": "board strip in frames t=1882 / 1889 / 1900; SER sentences 368-373 (t=1874.4-1901.3)"
    }
  },
  "claims": [
    {
      "text": "its call branch runs +50.4 BB against a fold branch of exactly 0",
      "value": "5040 chips CALL vs 0.0 FOLD, \u00f7 100 chips/BB",
      "source": "IP combo panel at r:0:b2100:c:3s6d8s:b3024:c:5c:b5499:c:5h:b10000, frame t=1900"
    },
    {
      "text": "all twelve A-K offsuit combos price out the same way",
      "value": "river CALL cells 5040-5118 chips, FOLD 0.0 for all 12 combos; range-wide IP strategy at the node is CALL 90.5 combos 92.60% / FOLD 7.1 combos 7.40%",
      "source": "IP combo panel + strategy header, frame t=1900"
    },
    {
      "text": "an SPR under 2",
      "value": "1.88 \u2014 (10000 - 2100) / 4200 = 7900 / 4200 at the flop node",
      "source": "frame t=1882 'Pot: 3024 2100 0 (5124) Starting Stacks:10000'"
    },
    {
      "text": "the price at the decision",
      "value": "call 45.01 BB to win 154.99 BB \u2014 break-even 22.5% (45.01 / 200.00). Hero has exactly 45.01 BB behind, so it is a stack-off.",
      "source": "frame t=1900 pot line + tree strip BET 4501 (40.9%)"
    },
    {
      "text": "preflop line: CO opens 2.5, hero 3-bets to 8, CO 4-bets to 21, hero calls (pot 42.0)",
      "value": "the tree's own history, rendered with zero invention: root r:0 carries OOP 250 / IP 800 invested, 0 dead, at 100 chips/BB, and the root action is RAISE 2100 \u2014 (2100-800)/(800+800) = 81.25% matches the ribbon's 81.3%. After the call the flop node's settled pot is 4200 = 42.0 BB.",
      "source": "root frame t=1873 ('OOP Player money in the pot: 250', 'IP Player money in the pot: 800', 'Extra dead money in the pot: 0', 'BB size (for accuracy settings): 100', 'Effective stacks 10000', ribbon 'Root | RAISE 2100 (81.3%)'); flop frame t=1882 'Pot: 3024 2100 0 (5124) Starting Stacks:10000'"
    },
    {
      "text": "A-K's call branch beats folding on every street \u2014 flop, turn and river",
      "value": "A\u2665K\u2660 CALL EV in chips (net, after 5% rake): flop 2153.6, turn 2427, river 5040; FOLD renders 0.0 at each node",
      "source": "frames t=1882 (flop combo panel: A\u2665K\u2660 CALL 2153.6 / FOLD 0.0), t=1889 (turn combo panel facing BET 2475: A\u2665K\u2660 RAISE 40.9% 1779 / RAISE 33.8% 1668 / CALL 2427 / FOLD 0), t=1900 (river combo panel: A\u2665K\u2660 CALL 5040 / FOLD 0)"
    },
    {
      "text": "unless a queen hits (the aired game-plan carve-out)",
      "value": "spoken as the GENERAL postflop game plan for A-K in position \u2014 a rule across runouts, not a card to come on this completed board. This runout (8s 6d 3s 5c 5h) contains no queen, so the plan's default \u2014 call down \u2014 is exactly the graded answer. Both feedback branches state the referent (queen RUNOUTS) so neither a CALL nor a FOLD answerer is left with a dangling counterfactual.",
      "source": "SER s434-436 (t=2290.8-2300.5), spoken over the sibling Tc turn of the same tree (frames t=2291.5 and t=2299.5: node r:0:b2100:c:3s6d8s:b3024:c:Tc:b5499, board 8s 6d 3s Tc, 'Pot: 5499 3024 0 (8523)'); mechanism context: SER s433 'ace King still holds up because all those ace Queen combos'"
    }
  ],
  "cosmetic_invention": [
    "Three-handed felt with one folded HJ seat and NO blinds posted. The solve is heads-up CO (OOP) vs BTN (IP) with the dead-money field = 0, so no blind chips exist to display and the preflop pot is exactly 2 x 21 BB. A two-seat CO-vs-BTN felt is not expressible (tools/validate_quiz.py POS_SETS[2] = SB/BB only), so one non-participating folded seat stands in. It posts nothing, invests nothing and appears in no number on the card.",
    "Preflop is rendered as the tree's REAL history \u2014 CO opens 2.5, hero (BTN) 3-bets to 8, CO 4-bets to 21, hero calls \u2014 with ZERO invention: the root node r:0 displays OOP 250 / IP 800 already invested at 100 chips/BB with 0 extra dead money, and the root action is RAISE 2100 (81.3%) (frame t=1873). A prior draft of this fixture claimed the 2.5/8 sizes were inventions and rendered a bare 'CO raises to 21, hero calls'; that claim was WRONG (only the retired fixture's '24' 4-bet was invented \u2014 the real 4-bet is 21), and the bare rendering left nothing on the felt making this a 4-bet pot while the id/context/prompt all assert one.",
    "Hero suit assignment is NOT cosmetic: A\u2665K\u2660 is the combo whose cells are the numbers Tyler speaks (flop 2153.6 = 21.5, river 5040 = 50.4). A\u2663K\u2660 is the only equally exact alternative.",
    "Ghoul avatars (hero lono_ghoul, CO ghoul_4217, HJ ghoul_2678) are art only \u2014 no read, no identity. The CO seat carries no name field; the site renders its generic 'VILLAIN' seat label for the villain ring, and the seat IS the pool's 4-bet range, not a person."
  ],
  "concept": "ace-high-call-down",
  "concepts_secondary": [],
  "topic": "4bet-pots",
  "difficulty": 4,
  "decision": {
    "pot_settled_bb": 109.98,
    "bets": {
      "CO": 45.01
    }
  }
}