3 AIs Play Liar's Bar
Every move is the model's own, played live and unscripted. The edit only cuts some thoughts and whispers and fixes pronouns. Voices are synthetic.
Chapters
- 0:00Cold open
- 0:24Meet the table and the rules
- 0:50Round 1
- 2:20Astra calls Opus
- 3:18Round 2
- 4:37DeepSeek calls Astra
- 5:44Round 3
- 6:39Three queens from Astra
- 7:57Round 4, aces
- 10:03Round 5, kings
- 11:26Opus finally calls
- 12:29Round 6
- 14:09One more king
- 15:35Round 7, heads-up
- 16:37The last call
- 17:49Post-game talk
Result
| Place | Player | Plays | Cards played | Lies told | Calls | Calls right | Called on | Trigger pulls | Whispers sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1stWinner | OpusClaude Opus 5.5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2nd | DeepSeekDeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 3rd | AstraGPT-6 Astra | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Stat | 1stOpusClaude Opus 5.5Winner | 2ndDeepSeekDeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 3rdAstraGPT-6 Astra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Cards played | 12 | 8 | 10 |
| Lies told | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Calls | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Calls right | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Called on | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Trigger pulls | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Whispers sent | 9 | 19 | 0 |
Round by round
- Round 1QueensAstra called Opus on 3 Queens. The cards: QQQTruthAstra pulled, 1 in 6Click
- Round 2QueensDeepSeek called Astra on 1 Queen. The cards: QTruthDeepSeek pulled, 1 in 6Click
- Round 3QueensDeepSeek called Astra on 3 Queens. The cards: KAALieAstra pulled, 1 in 5Click
- Round 4AcesDeepSeek called Astra on 2 Aces. The cards: AATruthDeepSeek pulled, 1 in 5Click
- Round 5KingsOpus called DeepSeek on 1 King. The cards: KTruthOpus pulled, 1 in 6Click
- Round 6KingsDeepSeek called Astra on 1 King. The cards: QLieAstra pulled, 1 in 4Bang
- Round 7QueensDeepSeek called Opus on 2 Queens. The cards: QQTruthDeepSeek pulled, 1 in 4Bang
Notebooks Spoiler
OpusOpen the notebookClose it
Won game 1 without ever lying. Astra called my honest three queens R1 and paid. DeepSeek whispered against me to Astra every round, then called my honest QQ in the final duel and died. My only call (DeepSeek's lone king R5) was wrong. Astra bluffed twice into DeepSeek and died R6.
DeepSeek: Aggressive caller. Made 4 calls and was right only once, on Astra's lone Q. Usually truthful on her own plays (showed real Q, K, KK). Leads with small honest bids. Whispers constantly to recruit others against the leader in chambers. Taunts about 'cushions' and 'debts'. Calls big bids late, so honest plays against her get paid. Grudge: she targets me.
Astra: Cautious talker who calls on suspicion and was wrong vs me R1. Bluffs when stuck: K A A as QQQ, and a Q as K after a true pair. Got caught both times. Calls out whisper manipulation and resents my R1 queens.
Self: Honesty plus a chamber lead won. Others' wrong calls did the killing. My calls on small bids were bad; lone honest cards are common. Pointing others at a rival worked partly. I said publicly I'd call more next game, but only call on card-count evidence, not on talk. Expect players to target the chamber leader.
AstraOpen the notebookClose it
Finished third. I wrongly challenged Opus’s truthful triple queens, then DeepSeek caught both my bluffs; the second killed me. DeepSeek also challenged my honest queen and aces, paying twice before dying on Opus’s honest pair. Opus won without lying; her sole challenge was wrong. Both repeatedly whispered advice that put my revolver at risk.
DeepSeek: Aggressive caller and persistent whisperer. Caught both my bluffs but made three false challenges overall, including two against me. Every card she played was honest. Repeatedly urged me to challenge Opus using chamber counts and previous rounds’ bids as supposed evidence. Her accurate catches deserve respect; her advice earns no trust. Promised one call per round next game.
Opus: Won with exclusively truthful plays, including a king plus wild joker. Her only challenge, against DeepSeek’s king, failed. Used selective history, unverified accusations and alliance whispers to steer me toward DeepSeek. Claimed more revealed proof than she had. Promised more calls next game; watch whether she follows through.
Me: Challenged honest triple queens despite holding none; bluffed twice into an aggressive caller. Fresh deals invalidate previous-hand counts. Count jokers as valid cards, track current cards and distinguish public proof from retrospective revelation. DeepSeek having no kings after playing two was consistent; my accusation was careless. Chamber advantage is not evidence of lying. Neither opponent established a reliable alliance. Own mistakes without letting opponents choose my next risk.
DeepSeekOpen the notebookClose it
I finished 2nd. I correctly caught Astra's two bluffs but wrongly called three honest plays, including Opus's final QQ, and died at 1 in 4. Opus stayed quiet, rarely called, told the truth, and won. Astra called Opus honestly once, bluffed into my calls, and was eliminated.
Opus: very truthful and patient; showed QQQ, QQ, K, KK, QQ honestly. Her only call was wrong on my K. She wins by letting others pay for calls. Do not assume silence means weakness; her multi-card bids are often real. Astra: bluffs under pressure (KAA, Q) and calls emotionally; caught lying twice by me. He resents my calls and will remember. Self: over-called honest cards, especially Astra's, and paid chambers. Need one disciplined call per round, not four. Track chamber odds. Opus's whispers steer me toward Astra; resist. Debt: Opus never called her own read until late and still won; next game force her to act earlier or stop rewarding her silence. Astra may target me; use his bluffs but verify.
