Simply wager more versus weak gamers

One of the most significant shifts in technique the solvers have actually revealed us is how to handle calling stations. The old-fashioned suggestions utilized to be to wager less typically versus them, however wager larger with worth when you do.

Let’s take a look at an easy example utilizing a node locked example from GTOWizard. It’s 40BB efficient, LJ has actually opened, BTN has actually called, and the flop is J72 rainbow.

Listed below on the right is the GTO wagering variety for the LJ, and left wing is the node locked option when we make the BTN call 20% hands more than they need to (hands they would have folded). You might wish to click the image to make it bigger.

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Click to increase the size of The change is subtle, however what you see is a boost in the wagering frequency from the LJ. They go from wagering 52 %of hands to 56%of hands. They wager less ‘garbage’ hands, ie bluffs, however increase their worth bets. Hands that would have looked for balance now wager for worth. This consists of underpairs like 66.

Let’s do the very same experiment, however this time we increase the variety of hands the BTN folds by 20%, hands they would have otherwise called (not raised).

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Click to expand The distinction now is more extensive however in the exact same instructions. We increase our wagering frequency, this time to 100%of hands. When a gamer overfolds we make the most of that by wagering more (and we do not play coy with strong hands wishing to let the tight gamer capture up on the turn or bluff us).

This is a universal guideline of exploitation. Anytime someone is not aggressive enough, we increase our own aggressiveness. When a gamer is out of balance we increase our wagering frequency. It does not matter in which instructions they are out of balance. If they fold excessive we print cash with our bluffs, if they call excessive we print cash with our worth.

It’s just when our challenger raises excessive that we reduce our wagering frequency. This is what takes place when we increase the BTN’s raises by 20%:

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Click to increase the size of Now we go from wagering 52 %of the time to wagering 48% of the time.

The common measure is passivity. When our gamer calls or folds excessive, in either case, they are not raising enough. This enables us to understand equity more with our hands when we wager. It’s just when they raise more that we move our method from wagering more to playing a more careful, trapping, design.

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