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One of the most daunting aspects of learning the modern game of poker, especially with solver technology,…

26/08/2024 19 min. / 18 sec.

Preflop Strategy in Straddled Pots

CASH, Straddle, Theory

Many games allow “straddles,” where a player who is not in the blinds voluntarily posts a blind…

19/08/2024 14 min. / 54 sec.

The 5 Levels of Training Mastery for MTTs

MTT, Soft Skills

Studying poker can be a challenge to both new and seasoned players. Tournament poker, in particular, presents…

12/08/2024 19 min. / 38 sec.

4-Bet Pots OOP as the Preflop Caller

4-bet pots are often uncomfortable to play. Some of the reasons include: — A lot of chips…

05/08/2024 7 min. / 46 sec.

Bounty Models Explained: Solving Knockout Tournaments

We’ve just rolled out a revolutionary update! You can now find optimal postflop ICM strategies tailored for…

29/07/2024 12 min. / 59 sec.

Revolutionizing MTTs: The Ultimate ICM Solver Upgrade

The most monumental advancement to MTT study in the history of poker solvers is now here. GTO…

29/07/2024 6 min. / 25 sec.

Theoretical Breakthroughs in ICM

Today, we’ll share one of the most significant theoretical breakthroughs in tournament poker since the invention of…

29/07/2024 11 min. / 12 sec.

The Limitations of Nash Equilibrium in ICM Spots

ICM, Theory

In the complex world of poker tournaments, the Independent Chip Model (ICM) plays a pivotal role in…

29/07/2024 24 min. / 58 sec.

Rake & Rakeback Explained: Optimize Your Poker Earnings

Rake is one of the main things that allows poker to distinguish itself as a skill game…

23/07/2024 15 min. / 34 sec.

From Gutshots to Airballs: Choosing Your Bluffs

Whenever you’re running a bluff, it’s reassuring to have a backup plan like some draw equity that…

22/07/2024 21 min. / 39 sec.

Crush 3-Bet Pots OOP in Cash Games

Did you know that 3-bet pots out of position (OOP) as the preflop aggressor make up roughly…

16/07/2024 16 min. / 36 sec.

The Math of Multi-Street Bluffs

Bluffing is a fundamental skill in poker, blending deception with strategic calculation to sway the outcomes of…

15/07/2024 14 min. / 46 sec.

The Mechanics of C-Bet Sizing

What factors influence c-bet sizing on the flop? Is it fold equity, SPR, draw equity, polarity, protection,…

09/07/2024 19 min. / 15 sec.

Poker Insurance: Reducing Variance or Wasting Money?

Variance is what makes poker great. Without it, recreational players would not keep playing. Most players say…

08/07/2024 16 min. / 16 sec.

Money Bubble vs Final Table Bubble

Is one bubble the same as another? Should we play more conservatively on the money bubble of…

02/07/2024 14 min. / 39 sec.

Responding to 3-Bets From Covering Stacks at the Final Table

Facing 3-Bets From Covering Stacks at the Final Table

The last thing you want when you have a nice stack at the final table of an…

01/07/2024 12 min. / 31 sec.

How Does Poker Staking Work? An Exploration of Staking in Poker

Poker Staking Essentials

One of the great ‘through the looking glass’ moments for any poker player is when they learn…

25/06/2024 20 min. / 26 sec.

More Cognitive Biases (Holding You Back) That Harm Your Poker Study

A Poker Player’s Guide to Conquering Cognitive Biases – Part 2

In the past, I’ve written about gambling biases that can affect how you play and how confirmation…

24/06/2024 15 min. / 36 sec.

Live Cash Solutions and 4,000 New Scenarios for Cash & MTT Formats

Greetings, Wizards! We’re excited to bring you our latest solutions updates, inspired by your feedback from our…

18/06/2024 7 min. / 52 sec.

The 5 Levels of Trainer Mastery for Cash Games

CASH, Soft Skills

We’ve created over 40 custom drills for this article! Though all drills are accessible through the article,…

17/06/2024 14 min. / 11 sec.

How To Review ICM Preflop Ranges

In a sense, tournaments could be considered the more complex format compared to cash games. The case…

11/06/2024 16 min. / 20 sec.

Calling Down Over-Bluffed Lines in Lower Limits

CASH, Exploit

If you are playing low stakes, chances are you have a plummeting red line in your tracker’s…

10/06/2024 24 min. / 43 sec.

The Gambler’s Fallacy and Other Poker Myths Debunked

A Poker Player’s Guide to Conquering Cognitive Biases – Part 1

In my article on confirmation bias, I mentioned that there are many cognitive biases and fallacies that…

04/06/2024 18 min. / 27 sec.

Exploiting Cold Callers Who Stab Too Much

In single-raised pots (SRPs) between an in position (IP) raiser and an out of position (OOP) caller,…

03/06/2024 14 min. / 0 sec.

Using the 80/20 Rule in Poker

The Pareto principle, or the ‘80/20 Rule’, is an economic theory that, when you learn about it,…

28/05/2024 12 min. / 18 sec.

Turning the Tables: How To Exploit Aggressive Opponents When They Check

Attacking Aggressive Opponents When They Check Back Flop

CASH, Exploit

Playing out of position (OOP) is hard. Playing out of position against an aggressive opponent is even…

27/05/2024 12 min. / 5 sec.

Buying the Showdown

Exploit, Theory

This article was inspired by Mark, who submitted a question to my podcast about a concept he…

21/05/2024 9 min. / 14 sec.

Barreling as IP Cold-Caller

You cold-called a preflop raise. That’s scary. You bet into a check from the preflop raiser, which…

20/05/2024 11 min. / 2 sec.

How Confirmation Bias Impacts Poker Study

There are a great number of cognitive biases, mental models, and heuristics that I plan on writing…

13/05/2024 14 min. / 4 sec.

A Champion’s Guide to Knockout Poker Formats

MTT, PKO

If you’ve opened any online poker client recently you will have seen an explosion of Knockout (KO)…

07/05/2024 15 min. / 51 sec.

Pushing Equity With Small Bets

One of the most memorable pieces of poker wisdom I ever received came from my long-time podcast…

06/05/2024 13 min. / 22 sec.

Turn Check-Raise Heuristics

Dealing with turn aggression is an area many players find difficult, which is an excellent reason to…

30/04/2024 22 min. / 17 sec.

Aggaregate Flop Strategy: SB C-Betting in SRP

Aggregate Flop Strategy: SB C-Betting in SRP

Continuation betting from the SB does not follow the usual patterns for out of position (OOP) c-betting…

29/04/2024 19 min. / 1 sec.

The Power of the Hypergeometric Bet

What size should we bet with our value and bluffs? When our range is perfectly polarized (with…

23/04/2024 7 min. / 58 sec.

The Limits of Nodelocking

GTO Wizard’s nodelocking feature is where the theory meets the practical; you can study how to play…

22/04/2024 13 min. / 26 sec.

Limp-Called Pot as BB

My favorite way to study with GTO Wizard is to approach it experimentally, using the scientific method…

16/04/2024 11 min. / 42 sec.

Why Not Shove?

You’re in the money in an MTT but still a long way from the final table. The…

15/04/2024 9 min. / 32 sec.

What We Can Learn From Outlier Hands

The worst way to use a tool like GTO Wizard is to simply ‘line-check’ how your specific…

09/04/2024 14 min. / 26 sec.

Building Exploits From Showdown

CASH, Exploit

Understanding how and when to exploit opponents at a live poker table is a delicate affair. It’s…

08/04/2024 13 min. / 30 sec.

Pioneering Poker AI Research

News

During the past decades, given its direct relationship with real-world applications such as negotiation, auctions, cybersecurity, and…

02/04/2024 5 min. / 4 sec.

Navigating Nasty Rivers Out of Position

Playing out of position (OOP) is hard. It’s fundamentally disadvantageous to act on each street without knowing…

26/03/2024 14 min. / 20 sec.

Crack the Shell of Nut Draw Strategy

Nut draws hold obvious appeal as betting and raising candidates. They benefit from fold equity, sometimes even…

25/03/2024 10 min. / 1 sec.

Preflop Raise Sizing: Examining 2 Key Factors

It amazes me that, after nearly twenty years of playing no-limit hold ‘em professionally, I still haven’t…

19/03/2024 10 min. / 31 sec.

How to Handle Loose-Passive Limpers

Exploit

Solver charts and presolved solutions do not offer much in the way of explicit guidance for responding…

18/03/2024 12 min. / 33 sec.

Top 5 Mistakes in Spin & Gos

Spin

As a Spin and Go poker coach, I regularly encounter common mistakes that players make, affecting their…

12/03/2024 9 min. / 36 sec.

An Introduction to Spin & Gos

Spin

I was playing Tournaments for the first decade of my career. But after my first child was…

11/03/2024 6 min. / 19 sec.

Relationships and Poker

In my more than 15 years of poker coaching, I’ve helped hundreds of clients improve their check-raising,…

05/03/2024 14 min. / 8 sec.

Do Multiple Sizes Matter?

Should I work out the other tools or just stick to the crowbar? Solver results can appear…

04/03/2024 12 min. / 20 sec.

The Science of Learning Applied to GTO Wizard

The way we were taught to study in schools was flawed and has negatively impacted our study…

27/02/2024 19 min. / 6 sec.

Check-Raising a Single Pair

In this article, I will address a question raised by Twitter/X user ’Matt Riley’, who asks, “In…

26/02/2024 9 min. / 34 sec.

Sharpen Your Game With Our Most Customizable GTO Trainer Ever

Your Daily Dose of GTO is Here!

Greetings, Wizards! Today we’re proud to announce the release of our new free eBook, ‘Daily Dose of…

21/02/2024 10 min. / 32 sec.

The Turn Probe Bet

Imagine yourself defending as the BB caller vs BTN preflop raiser in a 100bb cash game pot.…

20/02/2024 16 min. / 50 sec.

When To Encourage Multiway Pots in PKOs

I was recently shown this fascinating PKO hand from the GTO Wizard PKO library. Somebody asked me…

19/02/2024 12 min. / 48 sec.

Protect Equity and Prosper

When we think about the best hands to bet in a given situation, we tend to consider…

13/02/2024 11 min. / 53 sec.

Do Solvers Have Targets?

Targeting has long been a staple of exploitative poker thinking. When you’re value betting against a predictable…

12/02/2024 8 min. / 42 sec.

Disciplining Big Blind in Limped Pots

When the BTN open-limps off a short stack, the postflop play against the BB should resemble that…

08/02/2024 10 min. / 13 sec.

I’d Rather Be Drawing

Which is the better hand on a K♥8♦5♦ flop: K♠T♣ or 7♥6♥? OK, I’ll admit I didn’t…

06/02/2024 9 min. / 34 sec.

The Curious Case of Open-Limping Buttons

Before the advent of solvers, open-limping was considered the province of passive, gambley recreational players who just…

05/02/2024 10 min. / 41 sec.

Cleaning Out Sticky IP Callers

A “sticky” player on your left, one who calls your preflop raises too often and doesn’t give…

30/01/2024 12 min. / 53 sec.

Defending Against Tiny 3-Bets

Tournament poker is about precision. Cash games, where stacks typically run into the hundreds of big blinds,…

29/01/2024 10 min. / 35 sec.

Heads up! Exploiting SB’s Preflop Mistakes

Heads up (HU) tournament play presents unique challenges to the average player. Many tournament players, particularly those…

23/01/2024 8 min. / 28 sec.

C-Betting As the OOP Preflop Raiser

Position is an extremely valuable advantage in poker. Most players would describe the comfort zone as being…

22/01/2024 15 min. / 6 sec.

Overchoice: Making Sense of Multiple Sizings

Solver solutions with multiple bet sizes often involve a lot of mixing between those sizes, thereby blurring…

16/01/2024 10 min. / 6 sec.

Exploiting Opponents Who Won't Check-Raise River

River Refinements: When Your Opponent Won’t Check-Raise

One of the biggest strategic differences between playing in versus out of position involves betting frequency and…

15/01/2024 9 min. / 45 sec.

GTO Wizard 2023 Wrapup

As 2023 draws to a close, GTO Wizard invites you to explore your poker journey through our…

10/01/2024 11 min. / 44 sec.

Turn Barreling in 3-Bet Pots

There are two articles on the GTO Wizard blog that make good prerequisites to this piece: Principles…

09/01/2024 9 min. / 46 sec.

The Right Way To Think About Protection

Suppose Paul the Protector is in a 200bb cash game and opens A♠A♣ in the SB. The…

08/01/2024 8 min. / 19 sec.

The Importance of Board Coverage

The first public version of the GTO Wizard announced AI upgrade already has some useful features to…

05/01/2024 11 min. / 31 sec.

How To Adjust When Villain Has No Bluffs

“They always have it!” is a common, semi-joking expression in poker to describe the tendency of a…

02/01/2024 8 min. / 23 sec.

Adjusting on Later Streets After Exploiting Flop

The key to exploiting opponents profitably is knowing when to stop. I’m not referring to how often…

29/12/2023 9 min. / 42 sec.

Customizable Raked Solutions With GTO Wizard AI

Here at GTO Wizard, we’re always pushing the boundaries to create the world’s best poker training tool,…

28/12/2023 8 min. / 51 sec.

C-Betting IP vs Passive Poker Players

A preflop raiser enjoys a significant range advantage over a BB caller, enabling them to continuation bet…

26/12/2023 12 min. / 6 sec.

C-Betting Against ICM Preflop Ranges

You raise from early position (EP) in a multi-table tournament and the BB calls. Both of you…

19/12/2023 8 min. / 1 sec.

The Art of Bluff Catching

Bluff catching—calling a bet with a modest hand which you expect to win only if your opponent…

18/12/2023 17 min. / 49 sec.

Exploiting Excessive C-Betting by IP

On some flops, it is simply not possible for the preflop raiser to continuation bet too often.…

12/12/2023 9 min. / 49 sec.

Is Limping Pimping?

Exploit, Theory

In a past Discord post, one of our members noted that an upside of implementing a limping…

08/12/2023 12 min. / 23 sec.

Exploiting Excessive C-Betting by OOP

A preflop raiser who continuation bets too often is always a potential target for exploitation, but the…

07/12/2023 10 min. / 42 sec.

Preflop Button Mastery in PKOs

Playing from the Button presents many unique opportunities in any tournament format, especially in PKOs. Apart from…

05/12/2023 6 min. / 49 sec.

The Worst Turn Card

Greetings from GTO land. In today’s article, we will use the Turn Reports feature to gain a…

28/11/2023 18 min. / 37 sec.

Navigating Range Disadvantage as the 3-Bettor

Picture this: We’re playing a NL500 6-max cash game, and we’ve won a few pots, now sitting…

27/11/2023 11 min. / 24 sec.

Mastering Three-Bet Pots In Position in MTTs

Playing in position against a three-better is a lesson in playing to your advantages. As the defending…

21/11/2023 12 min. / 42 sec.

Mastering Three-Bet Pots Out of Position in MTTs

Three-bet pots are scary. Playing out of position is scary. Put them together, and you’ve got many…

20/11/2023 11 min. / 19 sec.

The Greatest Final Table in Triton History

Today, we’ll examine one of the most epic final table battles I’ve ever witnessed! Our adventure begins…

17/11/2023 6 min. / 11 sec.

Mastering Thin Value Bets in Checked-Down Pots

Valuing your hand appropriately—determining whether it’s strong enough to value bet or so weak you should consider…

14/11/2023 14 min. / 3 sec.

Introducing GTO Wizard AI Heads Up Preflop Solver

Today, we’re announcing a major upgrade – introducing Heads Up Preflop Solver! And read until the end…

31/10/2023 6 min. / 36 sec.

We Are Hiring

News

With the rise of GTO Wizard’s adoption and its establishment as a consumer staple, we are looking…

31/10/2023 9 min. / 6 sec.

Maximizing Value on Monotone Flops

Monotone flops tend to provoke great anxiety among poker players. It’s easy to imagine that your opponent…

30/10/2023 15 min. / 42 sec.

How to Defend Against Turn Donk Bets

Responding effectively to donk bets on the turn is tricky;, there’s no getting around that. It’s one…

26/10/2023 7 min. / 58 sec.

When It’s Time for DJ Donkey to Turn the Tables

How and Why You Should Use Turn Donk Bets

Donk betting–taking the betting lead away from the previous street’s aggressor–on the flop is rarely correct and…

24/10/2023 10 min. / 55 sec.

How Stack Sizes Change Your Range

In this series, we have looked at factors that can influence ranges in otherwise identical scenarios. As…

16/10/2023 11 min. / 25 sec.

Introducing Nodelocking

Today, we roll out the feature you’ve all been asking for: Unleash the power of Nodelocking with…

11/10/2023 14 min. / 41 sec.

How to Leverage GTO Wizard’s EV Comparison Tool

With the advent of solvers, some troubling new turns of phrase have entered the poker lexicon. In…

03/10/2023 12 min. / 51 sec.

Should You Ever Cold Call a 3-Bet?

When there’s been a raise and re-raise before the action is on you, you will have to…

02/10/2023 14 min. / 33 sec.

When ICM Breaks Down

If you have read my previous GTO Wizard articles and my books, you’ll know I am a…

26/09/2023 13 min. / 53 sec.

When Is It Correct To Fold AA Preflop?

One of the criticisms of ICM is that it is boring and robotic. In my opinion, nothing…

25/09/2023 14 min. / 7 sec.

OOP C-betting vs Loose Cold-callers

In a previous GTO Wizard article, I asserted that “Playing against an in-position cold-caller is dramatically different–and…

21/09/2023 9 min. / 20 sec.

Towards a Safer Poker Ecosystem

Over the past years, many cheating accusations and scandals have surfaced in the poker world, be it…

19/09/2023 10 min. / 45 sec.

Short-Stacked Play in MTTs

Playing a short stack well is an essential tournament skill. It is extremely rare to win a…

18/09/2023 10 min. / 19 sec.

When To Ladder in Tournaments

In my last two articles, I wrote about the effect field size and payout structure have on…

12/09/2023 16 min. / 26 sec.

How Payout Structures Impact ICM

Last time we discussed the ICM considerations in game selection, we looked at field size, which has…

11/09/2023 14 min. / 29 sec.

C-Betting IP in 3-Bet Pots

When you three-bet before the flop and the original raiser calls from out of position, you have…

05/09/2023 10 min. / 7 sec.

C-Betting OOP in 3-Bet Pots

Continuation betting from out of position can be a dicey proposition in single-raised pots. Cold calling ranges…

04/09/2023 7 min. / 15 sec.

Dynamic Sizing: A GTO Breakthrough

Dynamic Sizing is a revolutionary new poker algorithm that automatically simplifies your strategy with the highest EV…

21/08/2023 9 min. / 23 sec.

Dynamic Sizing Benchmarks

Dynamic Sizing is a revolutionary new poker algorithm that automatically simplifies your strategy with the highest EV…

21/08/2023 8 min. / 54 sec.

Understanding The Impact Of Field Size On ICM In Poker

When people talk about game selection in multi-table tournaments (MTTs), they invariably talk about the number of…

15/08/2023 11 min. / 42 sec.

Defending vs BB Check-Raise on Paired Flops

This is a companion piece to Attacking Paired Flops from the BB; you will get more out…

14/08/2023 14 min. / 54 sec.

Mastering PKO Final Tables

ICM, PKO

Final tables can be the most exciting and rewarding phase of a tournament, and being able to…

08/08/2023 13 min. / 33 sec.

Attacking Paired Flops From the BB

Paired flops present unique challenges to both a preflop raiser and a BB caller. The difficulty of…

01/08/2023 9 min. / 54 sec.

KK vs QQ vs JJ at the Final Two Tables of the WSOP Main Event

KK vs QQ vs JJ at WSOP Main Event

With only fourteen players remaining in the 2023 WSOP Main Event and blinds of 400K/800K/800K, Joshua Payne…

25/07/2023 9 min. / 40 sec.

Responding to BB Squeezes

You open raise, someone calls, and the BB squeezes. How should you construct your strategy? Once there…

24/07/2023 10 min. / 35 sec.

Crushing a Top HUNL Poker Bot

In 2022, Philippe Beardsell and Marc-Antoine Provost, a team of Canadian programmers from Quebec, developed the most…

19/07/2023 6 min. / 7 sec.

GTO Wizard AI Explained

We are excited to introduce GTO Wizard AI, formerly known as Ruse, the world’s best and fastest…

19/07/2023 5 min. / 41 sec.

Introducing GTO Wizard AI

Today, we are proud to introduce another technological breakthrough – GTO Wizard AI. This powerful technology can…

19/07/2023 6 min. / 14 sec.

How Accurate Are GTO Wizard's Solutions?

GTO Wizard AI Benchmarks

GTO Wizard has combined the power of artificial intelligence with traditional solving methods to bring you high-quality…

19/07/2023 8 min. / 10 sec.

Table Management in PKOs

Perhaps the most important strategic consideration in Progressive Knockout Tournaments (PKOs) is making sure you cover your…

11/07/2023 14 min. / 17 sec.

Overcalling From the BB

In poker, overcalling refers to calling a bet or raise after another player has also called. Should…

05/07/2023 11 min. / 52 sec.

Understanding Which Mistakes Cost You the Most Money

I am fortunate enough to have worked for many years with the mental game coach Jared Tendler,…

03/07/2023 17 min. / 41 sec.

Overbetting The Flop in Cash Games

Although most commonly analyzed on turns and rivers, flop overbetting can be a devastating weapon that generates…

27/06/2023 8 min. / 48 sec.

Using New Skills at the Poker Table

How many times has it happened to you that you make a mistake only to realize immediately…

26/06/2023 12 min. / 0 sec.

Flatting Ace-X Hands Shortstacked

Playing out of position is tricky, but it’s an essential part of tournament play. With so much…

20/06/2023 7 min. / 24 sec.

Playing Limped Pots as the BB in MTTs

Success as the BB in limped pots begins before the flop. The BB’s equilibrium strategy at all…

19/06/2023 8 min. / 28 sec.

The Absurd Game Theory of Chopped Boards

A “chopped board” in poker is one where the community cards make up the best 5-card hand…

13/06/2023 9 min. / 56 sec.

Playing Limped Pots as the SB in MTTs

MTT confrontations between the small blind and big blind force no-limit players into uncomfortable situations, compelling them…

29/05/2023 9 min. / 27 sec.

Simplified Solutions and a New Interface!

Greetings, Wizards! We have an exciting update for you! The interface has been completely redesigned with new…

18/05/2023 12 min. / 10 sec.

The Art of Learning Poker

In his book The Art of Learning, chess and Push Hands champion Josh Waitzkin describes a training…

16/05/2023 5 min. / 46 sec.

Is Donk Betting for Donkeys?

“Donk betting”, or betting from out of position into the player who was the aggressor on the…

15/05/2023 11 min. / 58 sec.

Delayed C-Betting

This is a companion piece to Probe Betting. It stands on its own, but understanding how to…

09/05/2023 9 min. / 7 sec.

Probe Betting

As far as rules of thumb go in poker, “check to the raiser” is a pretty good…

08/05/2023 7 min. / 22 sec.

ICM and Blind Battles: The Big Blind

This is a companion piece to this article on the SB’s strategy for blind vs blind play…

02/05/2023 7 min. / 15 sec.

ICM and Blind Battles: The Small Blind

ICM incentivizes more conservative play, which means that at stages of the tournament where risk premiums are…

01/05/2023 6 min. / 26 sec.

The Initial Bettor’s Advantage

The mathematics of poker holds a little-known secret: the first bettor enjoys better bluffing odds than someone…

25/04/2023 5 min. / 46 sec.

Mastering the Chiplead: The Scalpel and the Sledgehammer

When you have a lot of chips at a final table or in another situation with extreme…

24/04/2023 8 min. / 49 sec.

Flop Heuristics: IP C-Betting in Cash Games

Our never-ending quest for money and fame leads us to the flop. We open the button, the…

18/04/2023 10 min. / 54 sec.

How ICM Impacts Restealing From The Blinds

When I first started working with preflop solves, one of the features I found most striking was…

17/04/2023 9 min. / 39 sec.

The ICM Benefits of Late Registration in Poker Tournaments

Why do so many professional poker players register late for tournaments when they clearly would enjoy a…

10/04/2023 11 min. / 49 sec.

Flop Heuristics: OOP C-Betting in MTTs

ICM

Playing against an in-position cold-caller is dramatically different–and dramatically more difficult–than playing against a caller from the…

04/04/2023 9 min. / 21 sec.

Counterintuitive Calls

Solver outputs such as those provided by GTO Wizard are models of no-limit hold ‘em, not a…

03/04/2023 9 min. / 55 sec.

How To Negotiate Final Table Deals

Most people’s first introduction to the Independent Chip Model (ICM) is not from studying bubble play or…

27/03/2023 10 min. / 32 sec.

How does ICM impact PKO strategy?

If you have read The Theory of Progressive Knockout Tournaments you already know why we can play…

23/03/2023 20 min. / 27 sec.

Understanding Blockers in Poker

Often when looking through a solver’s meticulously crafted grid of deception, one of the following questions arises:…

14/03/2023 11 min. / 35 sec.

Flop Heuristics: IP Cold-Caller in MTTs

A Cold-call refers to the act of calling a preflop raise when you don’t close the action…

13/03/2023 5 min. / 25 sec.

Flop Heuristics: IP C-Betting in MTTs

In the world of poker, the flop is a crucial stage of the game that sets the…

07/03/2023 8 min. / 38 sec.

Flop Heuristics for Defending the Blinds in MTTs

The field of Game Theoretically Optimal poker is extensive, and thus, to simplify our strategy, we frequently…

06/03/2023 8 min. / 42 sec.

Multiway strategy in Progressive Knockout Tournaments

Progressive Knockout (PKO) tournaments are much more complex than traditional MTTs. The fact that players are incentivized…

28/02/2023 13 min. / 8 sec.

How To Calculate Raises In Poker

One of the most frequently asked questions in poker is how to calculate the size of a…

27/02/2023 2 min. / 49 sec.

New Spins solutions, Study Plans & EV Comparison

We have another fantastic update for you today! We’ve added a completely new sets of high-accuracy Spin…

23/02/2023 11 min. / 11 sec.

Principles of River Play

The river offers the least complicated strategy of any betting street. With no further cards to come,…

21/02/2023 10 min. / 35 sec.

Exploitative Dynamics

GTO solutions are designed to be unexploitable, performing reasonably well no matter how your opponents play. They…

20/02/2023 12 min. / 24 sec.

How ICM Impacts Postflop Strategy

ICM

Most players understand how the Independent Chip Model (ICM) in poker impacts their strategy preflop, especially at…

14/02/2023 14 min. / 5 sec.

10 Tips for Multiway Pots in Poker

While lots of work has been placed into research and explanation of heads-up pot strategy, multiway pots…

13/02/2023 15 min. / 12 sec.

What is the Bubble Factor in poker tournaments?

ICM

The Independent Chip Model (ICM) shows us the real money implications of tournament chip decisions. Most players…

07/02/2023 12 min. / 33 sec.

The Theory of Progressive Knockout Tournaments

In poker, a PKO (Progressive Knockout) tournament is a type of tournament where a portion of the…

06/02/2023 10 min. / 55 sec.

How To Analyze Turn Textures In Poker

Master the art of turn analysis in poker. Understand how the turn card changes the dynamics of…

31/01/2023 8 min. / 42 sec.

Principles of Turn Strategy

Learn the principles of turn strategy in poker and discover what makes the turn unique. Understand how…

30/01/2023 8 min. / 27 sec.

Poker Strategies: Tournaments vs. Cash Games

Tournament poker is not as different from cash game poker as people sometimes assume. Most of what…

24/01/2023 13 min. / 13 sec.

How Solvers Work

A Game Theory Optimal solver is an algorithm that calculates the best possible poker strategy. But how…

23/01/2023 13 min. / 32 sec.

The Most Powerful Play in Poker

The central strategic implication of stack depth is the question of how much equity a player must…

17/01/2023 5 min. / 11 sec.

PKO Solutions & New Dashboard

Greetings Wizards, we have a major update for you today! You will now have access to a…

06/01/2023 10 min. / 46 sec.

When does ICM become significant in MTTs?

The Independent Chip Model (ICM) was invented in 1987 by M. Malmuth and is one of the…

05/01/2023 18 min. / 0 sec.

How to Study GTO Solutions

Tools like GTO Wizard and other solvers should not be used to memorize specific strategies. There are…

02/01/2023 6 min. / 37 sec.

Principles of GTO

Game theory, or GTO (for Game Theoretically Optimal), is best understood not as a rigid set of…

19/12/2022 11 min. / 22 sec.

Interpreting Equity Distributions

GTO Wizard’s range vs range equity distribution graphs are an excellent tool for visualizing which player has…

13/12/2022 7 min. / 4 sec.

What is Leverage in poker?

Leverage refers to the risk of future betting. When you call a bet on the flop or…

08/12/2022 7 min. / 3 sec.

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Reasons for value betting in poker

You’re probably accustomed to thinking of bets as either value or bluff. In this taxonomy, value bets…

06/12/2022 6 min. / 25 sec.

The Science of Poker Performance

Soft Skills, Theory

Poker is a game of small edges and big swings. Every hand is an investment into your…

05/12/2022 17 min. / 11 sec.

What is Valor in poker?

Can a poker hand be courageous? How does your ability to value bet future streets impact your…

02/12/2022 7 min. / 46 sec.

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New Blocker Scores & Drill Management and ICM Solutions

Wizards, today we have another significant update for you! We’re releasing hundreds of new ICM solutions! Check…

29/11/2022 9 min. / 46 sec.

Pot Geometry

“Pot Geometry” refers to betting an equal fraction of the pot on each street, such that you’re…

22/11/2022 7 min. / 23 sec.

A Beginner’s Guide to Poker Combinatorics

Combinatorics is a fancy term for evaluating the number of possible “combinations” (combos) of any given hand:…

21/11/2022 8 min. / 55 sec.

Stack-to-pot ratio

Stack-to-pot ratio, or SPR, is a way of measuring how deep the effective stack is and thus…

17/11/2022 7 min. / 9 sec.

Equity Realization

In poker jargon, equity expresses how much of the pot a hand will win, on average, at…

16/11/2022 10 min. / 49 sec.

Thousands of New Solutions & Interface Updates

Today we are releasing our largest batch of new solutions to date! In fact, we added so…

27/10/2022 13 min. / 17 sec.

Variance and Bankroll Management

Soft Skills, Theory

Variance and Bankroll Management. Vital Soft Skills for Every Poker Player.

05/10/2022 11 min. / 0 sec.

How to Become a GTO Wizard

Welcome to the wonderful world of game theory optimal poker! This article will serve as your roadmap…

27/09/2022 9 min. / 45 sec.

The Three Laws of Indifference

Indifference in poker is one of the most misunderstood concepts. The word “indifference” means that two or…

11/10/2022 10 min. / 46 sec.

Poker subsets and abstractions

An “abstraction” is a way to simplify the game of poker. This game is so complex that…

19/09/2022 9 min. / 6 sec.

GTO Wizard Themes Competition Winners

Hello Wizards, in August, we announced a themes competition, where we gave you a chance to win…

15/09/2022 5 min. / 28 sec.

Train like a Pro

Train like a Pro. In this update, we’ve introduced a new Practice Mode statistics page, better performance…

07/09/2022 6 min. / 40 sec.

Multitabling & New solutions

Multitabling & New solutions. Wizards, today we’re releasing Multi-tabling, great improvements for Trainer, and new solutions.

09/08/2022 7 min. / 42 sec.

Mathematical Misconceptions in Poker

Pot Odds and MDF are foundational mathematical formulas in poker.

14/07/2022 8 min. / 6 sec.

How to solve toy games

Poker is a complicated game. It’s impossible to calculate GTO strategies on the fly. By reducing it…

11/07/2022 12 min. / 12 sec.

The Value of Fold Equity – Experiment

The term “fold equity” is ambiguous in the poker community. Firstly, it’s an EV equation, not an…

04/07/2022 7 min. / 3 sec.

MDF & Alpha

MDF & Alpha. Minimum Defence Frequency and Alpha are metrics on poker that determine how wide someone…

01/07/2022 12 min. / 9 sec.

What are Pot Odds in poker?

Pot odds are a fundamental calculation in poker. In the simplest terms, pot odds tell you that…

28/06/2022 11 min. / 31 sec.

Does your range affect your strategy?

Advanced players will often tell you that your range affects your strategy.

23/06/2022 10 min. / 38 sec.

Visualizing implied odds

Implied odds are the value you expect to gain over and above your raw equity. You can…

20/06/2022 8 min. / 14 sec.

ICM Basics

As a tournament player, you may have heard about the concept of “ICM”, but what does this…

16/06/2022 10 min. / 46 sec.

What is Equity in Poker?

The term “Equity” is ubiquitous throughout poker theory. Equity refers to your chances of winning a hand,…

13/06/2022 11 min. / 28 sec.

ICM MTT, 9Max Cash Solutions & Great Improvements

Check out our new ICM MTT spots, HU MTT, deepstack cash, and 9max cash solutions.

10/06/2022 6 min. / 18 sec.

Range Morphology

“Morphology” is the study of form or structure. You’ve probably heard terms thrown around such as “linear”,…

07/06/2022 12 min. / 56 sec.

What is Expected Value in Poker?

Expected value (EV) is the most fundamental metric in poker. Every decision you make is underpinned by…

01/06/2022 11 min. / 6 sec.

Why doesn’t my solution match GTO Wizard?

So, you’ve got your own solutions to some spot, compared it to GTO Wizard, and noticed that…

30/05/2022 10 min. / 12 sec.

Understanding Nash Distance

Understanding Nash Distance. One of the most common questions when studying with solvers is “Why does the…

26/05/2022 5 min. / 43 sec.

Combinatorics Poker Puzzle

Today we have a special puzzle for you that will test your intuition as a poker player,…

23/05/2022 3 min. / 24 sec.

The 10 Most Important Concepts for New Poker Players

The 10 Most Important Concepts for New Poker Players. Fundamentals are one of the most important points…

19/05/2022 10 min. / 9 sec.

What is GTO in Poker?

The meaning of GTO in poker is Game Theory Optimal. Game theory is a study of mathematical…

17/05/2022 5 min. / 36 sec.

What does GTO aim to achieve?

So what exactly is a GTO strategy? What makes it “unexploitable”? What does it try to achieve?…

09/05/2022 5 min. / 20 sec.

New solutions filter + Trainer Improvements

Wizards, today we’re releasing many new Cash and MTT solutions, including a brand new 6max Straddle +…

05/05/2022 6 min. / 1 sec.

GTO Wizard in Japan

News

GTO Wizard is proud to present our 5th tournament in Japan!

29/04/2022 2 min. / 36 sec.

8Max Cash Game Straddle + Ante is here!

8Max Cash Game Straddle/Ante! We’ve also doubled the speed of the Hand History Analyzer and introduced several…

04/02/2022 5 min. / 45 sec.

6 Gründe Warum Du GTO Wizard Nutzen Solltest

6 Gründe Warum Du GTO Wizard Nutzen Solltest

01/01/2022 7 min. / 21 sec.

6 Reasons Why You Should Use GTO Wizard

6 Reasons Why You Should Use GTO Wizard. The primary problem with running your own solves is…

05/01/2022 7 min. / 3 sec.

MTT Postflop solutions, New Breakdown view & Many improvements!

Wizards, today we are releasing one of the biggest updates so far. A lot of new MTT…

02/11/2021 5 min. / 26 sec.

Range builder improvements, 200BB Solutions, iPoker support & more!

Wizards, today we are releasing new solutions, speed improvements, significant improvements to the Range builder, iPoker support…

22/10/2021 4 min. / 12 sec.

New Cash Game & MTT solutions, Aggregated reports and new solutions for HH Analyzer!

Wizards, today we are releasing new solutions, aggregated reports, and Cash General solutions for HH Analyzer!

24/09/2021 3 min. / 32 sec.

Releasing many improvements & GTO Wizard is now multilungual!

Wizards, today we are releasing multiple improvements, and GTO Wizard is now multilingual!

17/09/2021 4 min. / 18 sec.

Introducing MTT, Spin & Go and HU SnG postflop solutions! (For free!)

Today we are releasing multiple new solutions for a Cash game, MTT, Spin & Go, and HU…

04/09/2021 5 min. / 37 sec.

The best solutions we ever had and other improvements!

Our best solutions, chart view and more, today we are completing the best solutions we ever had,…

24/08/2021 4 min. / 2 sec.

New solutions, Aggregation reports and other improvements!

New solutions, Aggregation reports. Hello Wizards, another week and another update just hit the servers. Let’s take…

13/08/2021 4 min. / 58 sec.

New update – Folder upload, Preflop shortcuts and more!

NL50 preflop ranges completed. Now all the NL50 preflop spots are available and browsable entirely for free…

28/04/2021 2 min. / 31 sec.

Status and info about our solutions

Status & info about our solutions. Preflop was solved in MonkerSolver using a very complicated preflop tree…

29/03/2021 6 min. / 32 sec.

Files upload, Premium tier, and free ranges! A major update is here

You can now upload files with your session or even your whole database. This feature was quite…

24/03/2021 3 min. / 15 sec.

What the future holds for GTO Wizard?

Future of GTO Wizard. First of all, let me thank all of you for your support and…

26/02/2021 5 min. / 1 sec.

All you need to know about our solutions

How we solved our solutions. In November we have released GTO Wizard, an advanced GTO tool where…

17/12/2020 12 min. / 23 sec.

Supported sites and formats for HH Analyzer

In this article, we are going to breakdown what formats and sites we are currently supporting and…

16/12/2020 4 min. / 16 sec.

Hand History Analyzer is here!