Modern Poker Theory: Building an Unbeatable Strategy Based on GTO Principles

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After the flop continue with the aggression, especially on the flop. And make sure to show them a few bluffs early on as well. But be careful not to run any large multi-street bluffs, because they will often be looking for any reason to call you down. However, by playing a GTO strategy, you can start making good decisions from the first hand you play without having to make any assumptions. GTO Prevents Players from Being Results-Oriented Modern poker theory describes the modern approach to the game heavily based on in-depth mathematical calculation.

In live poker, as opposed to internet, stereotypes are often used for initial 'reads'. For instance, people of retirement age are often witnessed to play tight. Players will often project this image on unknown people of retirement age. Young people wearing headphones and hoodies are often witnessed to play more aggressively and mathematically if they played a lot of winning internet poker. These stereotypes can often be good bases to start a profile.Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie (2005). Harrington on Hold'em: Expert Strategy For No-Limit Tournaments; Volume II: The Endgame. Two Plus Two Publications. ISBN 1-880685-35-3. All of the aforementioned is just a tiny fraction of what I learned from these amazing videos, my game will never be the same! We can use the aforementioned aggregated data lists to compare UTG vs. BB ranges and BTN vs. BB ranges and see what the best lines are IP/OOP on certain board runouts. Modern Poker Theoryuses modern poker tools to develop a systematic approach to the analysis of GTO. It organizes the ideas and concepts in an intuitive manner that is totally focused to practical applications.

If you are not confident in your decision during a hand you can become results-oriented meaning that you will assume that you made the right choice if you win the hand and vice versa. To manipulate pot odds: By calling (not raising), a player offers any opponents yet to act behind them more favorable pot odds to also call. For example, if a player has a very strong hand, a smooth call may encourage opponents behind them to overcall or even raise, building the pot. Particularly in limit games, building the pot in an earlier betting round may induce opponents to call future bets in later betting rounds because of the pot odds they will be receiving. Tells are detectable changes in opponents' behavior or demeanor which provide clues about their hands or their intentions. Educated guesses about opponents' cards and intentions can help a player avoid mistakes in his own play, induce mistakes by the opponents, or influence the opponents to take actions that they would not normally take under the circumstances. For example, a tell might suggest that an opponent has missed a draw, so a player seeing it may decide a bluff would be more effective than usual. Modern Poker Theory is a comprehensive, rigorous guide to the most important aspects of No-Limit Hold’em. It is based around an in-depth examination of what is meant by game theory optimal play (GTO) and how it can be applied at the table. Understanding GTO is fundamental to being able to make accurate poker decisions and being able to exploit players who don’t. This scenario shows that not bluffing at all is actually more profitable than bluffing 50% of the time.Ideally, you’d somehow determine where this “leveling” process should end up—that is, you’d determine on what level your opponent is playing and then adjust accordingly. But the reality is that this process is unreliable against weak players. And against more experienced players it could, in theory, repeat until the end of time, with both players trying to outdo each other’s level of thinking.

Players who play GTO will balance their range in this situation by adding some of their weakest holdings into their 4-bet bluff range as well as adding some of their premium hands in their calling range. To semi-bluff A player with a drawing hand may raise both to bluff and for value. While technically still a bluff, as the player may not end up with a made hand and is primarily trying to drive out players, the player still has the opportunity to make his or her hand and win the pot if the bluff is called. By actually showing the recreational player your bluffs, this also helps create that narrative that you are a wild maniac who is trying to bluff every single hand. This will ensure that when you finally do make that big hand against them (an overpair, two pair, trips, etc.), you will get paid off in full. Final Thoughts Plainly put, he explains that GTO is the strategy you implement when playing against someone else who is playing GTO. In other words, it is the most optimal strategy to play when playing against someone who knows what you are doing. If you find that someone is not playing GTO poker, you can then play exploitatively. The thing is, if you don’t know GTO strategy you are the player being exploited. Period! The major problem is the amount of errors in grammar (there is some leniency here given that English isn't the authors first language) and data tables (no leniency here, this is egregious for a book based on theory). I'm sure experienced players and astute readers will notice these when digesting the information, but a newer player might not and can therefore create a fundamentally unsound baseline. Perhaps its not as detrimental as I think it is but regardless, a math book should not have math errors. Period.Even if you lose 10 times in a row you will call the 11 th time. Why? Because you know that is the right play.