I wonder if this alpha test is using the same RNG as Stars' real-money games. Power Up will have to use the same RNG when it goes live for real money, but I'm not sure if it's mandatory for the play money preview
Hero (4480 in chips, 3 energy, Scanner)
[at the start of the hand: 11 energy, Scanner, Intel and Upgrade]
Villain (1520 in chips, 9 energy)
Hero: posts small blind 60
Villain: posts big blind 120
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Q
J
]
Hero plays Intel (3) and sees the next card from the deck is 5
.
Hero: raises 120 to 240
Villain: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [5
J
A
] (pot: 480)
Hero sees the next card from the deck is 7
(from Intel).
Villain: checks
Hero: bets 240
Villain: calls 240
*** TURN *** [5
J
A
] [7
] (pot: 960)
Hero sees the next card from the deck is 5
(from Intel).
Villain: bets 120
Hero: calls 120
*** RIVER *** [5
J
A
7
] [5
] (pot: 1200)
Hero sees the next card from the deck is J
(from Intel).
Villain: bets 920 and is all-in (and freezes the current board cards)
Hero plays Upgrade (5); draws another holecard and then chooses one to discard.
Hero receives J
.
Hero discards Q
.
Hero sees the next card from the deck is K
(from Intel).
Hero: calls 920
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Villain: shows [8
9
] (a flush, Jack high)
Hero: shows [J
J
] (a full house, Jacks full of Fives)
Intel needs more love
Note that, had I had Reload instead of Upgrade, I would have discarded the queen only because Intel was showing that I was about to draw J
The reason why I called the turn bet was that I had huge implied odds and, even against a flush, I essentially had 4 outs on the postriver (J
, J
, 5
, 5
) because Intel was showing that the river would pair the board with 5
and I'd get to see the next card in the deck ('the postriver card') and be able to draw it into my hand using Upgrade.