Introducing Nodelocking

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

Nodelocking is a powerful new feature that allows you to define player’s strategies and craft exploits to crush the competition! You can set strategies by combo, hand category, or action frequency, then compare how the response changes with our new Compare Nodes feature.

We’re adding over 2250 new solutions for Cash and MTT players! Cash game players are getting a big upgrade to the preflop solution library, including thousands of new HU solutions, deepstacked 9-max cash made for live players, and new 6max solutions. GG R&C players can get an edge by being the first to study Cash Drop spots. MTT players can explore how larger 1000-entry fields impact their ICM strategy, and PKO players can learn how to chase bounties as these large fields narrow.

Cash Game Solutions

Today’s update sees a big increase to our preflop cash game library!

GG players can get an edge on their competition by being the first to study Cash Drop spots! These feature 10bb-20bb cash drops that incentivize a ton of action. Learn how to get the most out of these crucial high-variance spots.

Live cash game players can browse our new 9max solutions! These are designed with live players in mind, featuring 150bb and 200bb deepstacked solutions with 10% rake and a 2bb cap.

Heads Up cash players will be happy to learn that they’re getting an additional 1040 new preflop solutions! These cover both GeneralSolutions with a moderate range of bet sizes, ideal for studying and practicing against. and ResearchSolutions incorporating multiple preflop bet sizes, utilized for exploring optimal preflop sizing strategies. solutions with and without limps, so you can customize your preflop strategy. We’ll also be introducing HU preflop solving in the next update, so you’ll be able to solve any 2-player preflop spot with customized ranges, bet sizes, and strategies.

6-max players can now access 312 new deepstacked preflop solutions! These cover 150-300bb stacks across a wide range of rake structures from NL25 to rakeless games. As always, we’ve provided the ResearchSolutions incorporating multiple preflop bet sizes, utilized for exploring optimal preflop sizing strategies. solutions that we used to determine optimal preflop sizing used in the GeneralSolutions with a moderate range of bet sizes, ideal for studying and practicing against. and SimpleSolutions with fewer bet sizes and reduced complexity compared to General or Complex. solutions. Study your structure your way and get the most out of your competition in these important deepstacked spots.

MTT Solutions

Large-field MTT players rejoice! Now you can study how field size impacts your poker strategy. Previously, our MTT solutions assumed 200 entries. Our latest batch uses a much larger (and harder to solve) 1000-entry model. Field size has a significant impact on ICM, especially for PKO players, as the enormous bounty pool condenses into the final tables. As always, our PKO solutions assume a ($100+$100) buy-in.

We’ve solved both the regular and PKO models using seven tournament phases from 100% to 5% of the field remaining, so you can study how strategies change as the pressure to survive mounts. Symmetric and asymmetric stack sizes are available, ranging from 15bb to 200bb.

We also completed 8-handed and 9-handed MTT PKO 200-entry model solutions. All of the MTT PKO 200-entry player field solutions are finished now.

Additionally, we’ve added 312 new Chip EV preflop solutions! These cover 3-max to 8-max games with mixed stack sizes varying between 10bb to 50bb.

Soon, our MTT Wizards will be able to solve postflop ICM spots using GTO Wizard AI. That means you’ll be able to customize the payout structure, stack sizes, and ranges to find an optimal strategy for your game. So stay tuned!

New Features

Nodelocking

Nodelocking is a powerful new feature that allows you to define player’s strategies and craft exploits to crush the competition! Simply plug in how the solver should play at some decision point, and learn the optimal way to counter that strategy in seconds. You can define the strategy of different hand combinations, hand categories, or frequencies. There’s also an option for partial locking, allowing you to lock in certain hands while letting the solver optimize the rest.

Nodelocking is exclusively available to Elite Tier users, however all users can solve one flop for free: Q♠T♠7♥. Try nodelocking for free here.

To use nodelocking, create a custom solution using GTO Wizard AI, hover your mouse over any decision point (node), and select the lock icon :

This will open the nodelocking interface. There are three main tabs: Set Strategy, Set Frequency, and Lock / Unlock:

Set Strategy

The Set Strategy tab is similar to our Range Builder interface. Choose your strategy in the top-right corner, then simply paint over hands or categories to apply the strategy!

Note that applying a strategy to a single combo will automatically apply that strategy to all strategically identical combinations.

Once you’re done, select Nodelock in the bottom-right corner, and apply your strategy! GTO Wizard AI will automatically adapt to exploit the nodelocked strategy in seconds! Any unlocked hands within the nodelock will adapt to minimize EV losses, while locked hands are forced to play as you’ve defined.

Set Frequency

The Set Frequency tab can be used to make sweeping adjustments to the overall action frequencies! This is a great way to quickly build player strategies and set desired overall frequencies.

Simply drag the sliders to your desired frequency (or type in the frequency), and the range will automatically adjust! You can also lock specific actions by selecting the lock icon next to those actions to prevent those hands from moving.

Hands are moved based on the EV loss of choosing different actions against the opponent’s current strategy. For example, if you increase the folding frequency, the solver will move low value hands to the folding range first.

Note that Set Frequency doesn’t automatically lock adjusted hands, so you will need to lock your range before submitting the nodelock.

Lock / Unlock

The Lock / Unlock tab is used to control what hands retain their current strategy, and what hands the solver can optimize.

While in this tab, you can select hands in your range or hand categories to manually lock/unlock combinations. In manual mode, selecting any hand will toggle between the locked and unlocked states. You can also use the filters tab to apply locks to a specific hand category.

Compare Nodes

Now that you’ve nodelocked the strategy, you’ll probably want to compare how things have changed. This is where the Compare Nodes feature comes into play!

Select Compare Nodes from any decision point to see a side-by-side comparison of how the strategy has changed before and after nodelocking.

This feature is particularly useful for comparing counter-strategies. Use this view to get a detailed side-by-side breakdown of how to exploit some nodelocked strategy.

For example, here we’ve forced OOP to check-raise a value-heavy range. We can use the Compare Nodes feature to see how IP should respond facing this check-raise (left), compared to our response in the original GTO strategy (right):

By default, the comparison tool shows your current strategy (left), and the previously solved strategy (right). However, you can use the dropdown menus on the left and right side to compare different solutions.

However, you’re not just limited to comparing the strategy! Select this dropdown to compare different metrics. This is particularly useful for comparing the Expected Value (EV) before and after applying a nodelock to gauge its exploitability.

Just like with our Range tab, you can break down the comparisons by equity buckets, hand category, or draws:

Current Limitations

Keep in mind that GTO Wizard AI only solves one street at a time. This is what empowers our technology to solve spots in seconds rather than hours.

This means that flop exploits will assume perfect play on future streets with the proceeding ranges, even if those streets are nodelocked. While the solver can adapt its play to exploit any mistakes on the current street, it is unable to anticipate mistakes on later streets.

Interface Improvements

Prefill AI

Our library of preflop solutions is quite vast, and now there’s a seamless interface to import these ranges into GTO Wizard AI and solve postflop!

This means that our entire preflop-only library can now be easily solved using GTO Wizard AI. Simply select “Solve postflop with AI” to import the ranges, stacks, and pot, into the custom solving.

This feature is especially useful for our MTT players who currently have access to a vast library of cEV mixed stack preflop-only solutions.

Note that GTO Wizard AI does not yet have the capability to solve postflop ICM, bounties, or raked pots. You are still able to import the ranges and stacks, but the custom solution will assume a Chip EV (rakeless) utility function.

We will add these features soon, check out our roadmap to learn more!

Share Solver Settings

Now you can import and export your solver parameters! This is a great way to share your betting tree with your study group, coach, or students.

Load your parameters, then select the three dots on the right hand side and choose Export. This will copy your settings as text to your clipboard.

To import solver parameters, select the import button in the top-right corner, paste, and confirm!

Apply Only Bet Sizes

Selecting the Apply Only Bet Sizes button will load your betting tree without changing the ranges or stack/pot. This makes it easier to reuse betting trees!

Previously, loading any solution settings would overwrite the ranges as well as the bet sizes. However, it’s far more efficient to have one dedicated tree for different types of scenarios, rather than different settings for every possible configuration.

Overwrite Saved Settings

Now when you save, GTO Wizard will prompt you to choose between overwriting existing settings, or saving as a new setting. Select OVERWRITE to replace an existing setting, or select SAVE AS NEW to create a new setting.

Previously, when you saved your parameters, it would inadvertently overwrite any solver settings with the same name.

Prefill Solution Recall

The PREFILL feature can be used to quickly load ranges from a pre-solved solution. We’ve improved this feature, so now it remembers what pre-solved solution you used last time.

Study Mode Shortcut in Trainer history

We’ve added a shortcut to the Trainer so now you can easily study these spots! Just click the Study Mode icon in the History panel of your practiced hands, and it will open the GTO solution for you.

Bug Fixes

We’ve fixed all reported bugs and performed other minor interface improvements to deliver the ultimate training experience. If you spot any bugs or have questions or suggestions, please contact us on our Discord server!