The Next Era of Poker Broadcasting
With GTO Wizard and GGMillion$

In the late 1990s, the world of televised poker changed forever with the introduction of the hole card camera. Suddenly, viewers could see the hidden information, turning a sometimes opaque game into a compelling strategic battleground visible to all.

Today, we stand at the precipice of another such revolution. GTO Wizard is proud to partner with GGPoker to directly bring real-time Game Theory Optimal (GTO) analysis to live poker broadcasts, starting with the prestigious GGMillion$ final table streams.

Beyond the Cards: Understanding the Why

While hole cards showed what players had, the strategic depth of poker often remained hard to grasp. Why did a player check that river? Was that all-in justified? Is this fold too tight? Without a deep understanding of high-level strategy, these crucial decisions could be difficult for viewers, and even commentators, to fully dissect in the moment.

This is where GTO Wizard’s state-of-the-art technology steps in. We are proud to be integrating live, on-screen analysis that reveals the theoretically optimal play for complex situations as they unfold on (a delayed) stream.

What You’ll See and What It Means

For selected hands during the GGMillion$ final table broadcasts, viewers will see graphics indicating the GTO strategy for the player whose turn it is. This isn’t just a single “correct” answer, as GTO often involves mixed strategies, but rather a breakdown of the optimal actions and their frequencies in that specific spot. Due to the 30-minute delay on the live stream, it’s important to note that our system analyzes each hand after it has been played at the table.

To make the analysis even more accessible and allow you to focus on the strategic concepts rather than getting bogged down in exact sizes, we are introducing human-readable labels for bet sizes. Instead of seeing “Bet 2.7M”, you’ll see “Bet Large”.

The labels for bet sizes are:

Bet Small: 0–33% of the pot
Bet Mid: 34–66% of the pot
Bet Large: 67–100% of the pot
Overbet: 100%+ of the pot
All-in: Any bet/raise that effectively puts all involved players all-in if called

This intuitive overlay, now simplified with intuitive labels, provides unprecedented insight into the strategic choices made at the highest level. It’s important to note that GTO analysis on stream is not about declaring a player’s play “right” or “wrong” in a vacuum. However, GTO provides a baseline to understand the theoretical merits of a play and to discuss the decisions made.

The Technology Under the Hood: A Revolutionary Leap

Providing accurate GTO analysis for complex spots under ICM considerations in a rapid timeframe for broadcast is a significant technological achievement. Our state-of-the-art solution, developed specifically for the GGMillion$ Final Table, utilizes a cutting-edge architecture:

Flop Range Prediction: We have developed advanced custom neural networks trained on millions of preflop spots. These networks take into account the exact ICM structure, stack distributions, and preflop actions to predict with high accuracy the ranges that players reach the flop with.
Postflop ICM AI Solver: Using the exact parameters from the hand (ICM structure, stacks, board texture, etc.) and the predicted starting ranges, our proprietary ICM AI solver quickly solves the optimal strategy for the specific postflop spot.
Dynamic & Player-Aware Sizing: At each decision point in the hand, GTO Wizard AI considers three actions (typically two bet/raise sizes plus check or one raise size plus call/fold) based on our dynamic algorithm to find optimal sizes. If a player used a bet or raise size that was not initially considered, we dynamically add that specific size to the game tree and re-solve to know how the player should play given that this size is part of their strategy. Adding the action taken by the player to the game tree ensures the analysis is directly relevant to the action seen on screen.

→ The sophisticated combination of neural networks for range prediction and a dynamic ICM AI solver, capable of incorporating actual player actions and finding optimal sizes on the fly, makes this live analysis possible.

The Future

This partnership between GTO Wizard and GGPoker only marks the beginning. Live GTO analysis will fundamentally change how poker is broadcast, viewed, and understood. It makes the highest levels of strategy accessible, enhances the viewing experience, and provides invaluable educational insights in real-time.

Tune into the GGPoker GGMillion$ final table streams to witness the future of poker broadcasting unfold. See the game like never before, powered by GTO Wizard.

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