GTO Poker Simplified: Strategy lessons from the solvers that any cash game or tournament player can apply to their game (The Poker Solved Series)

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It should be noted that this concept is most commonly used in off-table study and can be difficult to apply in-game. Example: Holding J♠J♣ on a board of J♦8♠6♣2♣, you have a strong hand (a set) and should bet for value on the river. If you have seen a few videos about GTO and want an structured overview, this book will provide it to you.

This sent me down a rabbit hole where I started to learn about game theory and how it applied to poker.Example: On a dry flop like J♦2♠3♣, you can c-bet more frequently with a wider range of hands, as it is less likely that your opponent has connected with the board. Mastering pre-flop GTO strategy can be challenging due to the wide range of possible starting hands and positions. Not only do you have to figure out the exploits for each player pool, you have to figure them out for each player. While you won’t be able to compute the various hand ranges of players and what hands to bet or check with in real time, taking the time with these programs to study in-depth GTO play strategies will ultimately pay you dividends.

The examples of when the exploitative strategy works better are endless, but such a strategy also leaves us vulnerable to being exploited ourselves.So how likely is it that any range in Wiz that doesn't have many hands that are pure checking, would also not have a large enough EV loss to make range betting a mistake? Emphasizing positional awareness and adjusting strategies based on position are fundamental aspects of GTO play that contribute to long-term success in poker. Though it might be more accessible than its GTO predecessors, GTO Poker Simplified isn’t for poker beginners, and it’s probably not truly an intermediate-level book, either.