Modern Poker Theory: Building an unbeatable strategy based on GTO principles

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However it probably wouldn’t take long for your opponent to realize what you are doing and change their strategy. You could be the ninth best player in the world but if you made a point to only play against the eight players who are better than you, you will get destroyed. Learning a correct GTO approach will help you learn what the right play in more complex situations is. We have observed this player for a while and our perception is that he is very tight, opting to only play premium starting hands. It organises the ideas and concepts in an intuitive manner that is totally focused to practical applications.His background as a mathematician and expertise in process improvement helped him master the theoretical aspects of poker. For instance the author confuses odds and probability, and he treats a three-handed S ‘n G as if it’s a three handed regular poker game. So, how do world-class players manage to get access to the most advanced poker theory without having to spend thousands of hours actually in the lab?

Next time you are at a table some of the players will have studied Modern Poker Theory and some won’t.nobody would oppose you if you said this book, any book at 2+2, is mine, if you explain your struggles and efforts to make it published. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and, from the beginning, surrounded myself with brilliant poker players. I suggest my students use a ratio of 80% play to 20% study, but my own ratio has probably been the exact opposite!

Thus, and this simplifies things for sake of argument, the CO should bet all its value hands plus a certain percentage of bluffs on the flop. The author then correctly accounts for Hero’s fold equity when the BB folds, but then in the equation given shows that Hero still had 29 percent equity for the remaining 25 percent of the hands to be played. When I first started playing the cleverest players were, arguably, those who won the most as very little “modern” information (in the form of solvers, Nash and ICM calculations) existed at the time. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Then start getting involved against them, raising every time they limp if you have anything even remotely playable. It is very important for the coach to stay up to date on the metagame and to know what his students are dealing with at the tables. Copyright © 2019 Michael Acevedo The right of Michael Acevedo to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All the best players in the world think about situations in terms of ranges and combos, not individual hands. A little later in the chapter the author states "In fact, the CO's range is generally weaker than the BN's and CO could easily opt for a 100% checking strategy with minimal to no EV loss.