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tkuu i just wanted to print it out tomorrow and read something thats not on
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tkuu i just wanted to print it out tomorrow, and read something thats not on
screen for once :)
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There was no problem with it, poster just thought it was not complete since
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bugs did not include flatting ranges in his theory. But he left it out mainly to Accept
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reduce variables to simplify things so that it would be understandable. If
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you combine everything together you will have a better idea of how to
incorporate a flatting range. I'm not a huge fan of GTO, I think they are
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good guidelines to setting your style.
One of my coaches once told me that he plays a GTO style only when
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I have a question regarding the first part of optimal 3b/4b/5b and I didn't want
to start a new thread for that. In the article he says that optimal play is sure to
never lose, being a defensive strategy.
But let's say we 4bet QQ+ AK for value planning to always call a 5bet (which
is supposed to be optimal based on the 3bet sizing of villain that makes us
obligated to defend a certain % of the time to not being exploited) and that
villain only 3bets AA and KK. I don't get how our play is optimal in that
scenario.
I know see that you need to play exploitative instead to avoid being exploited
in some cases. I don't think that's true in every aspects of the game but I
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catching range with the right frequency based on your bet sizing).
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Ace GTO is a purely theoretical concept. You can only play GTO against
an opponent who is also playing GTO Two perfect players playing an
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an opponent who is also playing GTO. Two perfect players playing an
optimal GTO statagy have a winrate of ZERO.
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If you are 4 bet bluffing against a guy who never bluffs, then he isnt playing
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The whole point of GTO is to understand where the balance point is. If you
know what your opponent "should" be doing and what his range "should be"
then you can adjust from GTO to be explotive, because you know he never
3bet bluffs and only 3bets AA and KK, you can then fold KK to a 3bet.
If a guy dosent 3bet bluff but 3bets a wider range for value, and stacks off
with most of that range, you can then 4bet a slightly wider value range than
is GTO, but you cant bluff because he wont fold the required amount for
your bluff to work.
GTO, in practice, is pointless. If you were in a game so tough that you had
to play GTO, run away as fast as you can because both players will, in the
long run, do no more than break even.
If you know what your opponent should do from a GTO point of view, then
you are in a better position to exploit them. If your opponent 3bets too many
bluffs and you notice this over time, then you can counter that by putting in
more 4 bet bluffs. GTO just gives you an idea of where the theoretical
balance point is and anyone who isnt playing close to GTO can be
exploited.. the trick is figuring out how, but if you compare a GTO range to
your opponents actual range, then you can more easily see what it is he is
doing wrong and what you should do to gain from that.
I think a lot of people think that its a cookie cutter strategy that can be
applied to anyone, when infact its more of a theoretical concept. That said,
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But I am still confused, because lets simplify it, to us playing GTO, and not
adjusting to anything, and him playing GTO in all spots, apart from never 3bet
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adjusting to anything, and him playing GTO in all spots, apart from never 3bet
bluffing the CO. We lose money to him everytime we 4bet bluff him after he
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money. But with GTO we can't lose money. Sorry I am confused and would
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appreciate someone clearing this up, thanks. also semi drunk so sorry for
typos
GTO is a bit like this. You write down exactly how you play poker, then you
hand me that piece of paper, I read it and then write down exactly how I
intend to play against you. I hand you the paper pack, you read my strategy
and then write down all the adjustments that you intend to make based on
how I play. You then hand the paper back to me I re-read your new strategy
and make adjustments to mine, write then down and hand it back. At some
point we will end up with a strategy that neither of us can improve upon. That
is GTO. Our winrates are zero because you wont let me use a strategy that
causes you to loose and vise versa.
A GTO strategy is a strategy pair, it takes two people to do it, if I deviate from
GTO then I can exploit you but at the same time I create a weakness
somewhere else that you can also exploit... but you have to spot the
weakness. If you dont spot it then GTO wont spot it for you.
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I just thought, that you try and use a GTO style against me and I adjust to
exploit you then the weakness that I create in my own play may be bigger
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exploit you then the weakness that I create in my own play may be bigger
than the gain I get from exploiting you... but if you dont spot the weakness
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GTO isnt something that you necessarily want to do, its just something that
you want to understand.
If you have a good understanding of GTO then you can compare your
opponents strategy to GTO and that will show you where all his leaks are..
and then you deviate away from GTO to exploit it.
The reason top players play close to a GTO style is that if you are playing
against someone like Durrr or Mr Galfond, then if you have leaks, they will
spot them and adjust so you sacrifice your winrate and play close to GTO just
to be in the game. I dont know how Phil Galfond compares to Durrr, but I
would guess that there is very little profit to be had by either of them in a
game. In theory, if they both play perfectly then their winrates are both zero
against each other. In a 6 max game, Phil isnt making money off Durrr or vise
versa the money is coming from the other people at the table.
Durrr is obviously a famous example and a player known for his manic moves
at the table, but I have heard stories about him where he plays Nits in
tournaments and instead of 3betting 4 betting and shoving rivers and so on,
he is just sat there folding because thats the way to exploit someone who is
overly tight, he isnt sat there thinking, "this guy only ever 3bets AA / KK , I
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Yeah I get what you are saying about the strategy pairs etc, but my overall
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You can play GTO as long as villain has a bluff range, If villain is only
3betting/5betting AA KK AK for value and lets just sayAx Kx Qx Broadways as
a bluff and we play a GTO range according to his range we make money
because he is folding to too many 4bets since our 4bet/call 4bet/fold ranges
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3/5betting AA KK AK for value and only has say AQ AJ as bluffs then he is
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value heavy our gto range would be alot tighter something like AA KK for
value and AK as a bluff.
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So the best questions to ask yourself is, What is his 3bet range? Does he fold
to 4bets?(if he is then he has bluffs in his 3betting range) Guestimate his
5betting value range and does he ever 5bet bluff? Is villain a tough player or
easy player? Now you ask yourself the most important question, is playing
GTO better or exploiting him based on what I know about his 3/4/5 betting
ranges?
Just remember as long as you know his value range and that he has bluffs,
you can construct a GTO strategy vs that opponent. If he doesn't have any
bluffs, taking the exploitative approach is probably best.
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Unfortunately, noone will play true GTO for a long time if ever.
It seems that everything is centred around raising preflop and very little about
what GT says about calling.
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could you please post a link to actual articles that deal with preflop calling
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ranges because Im looking at the descriptions and they all look like 3 betting
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