POTD Week in Review
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This week I shared PIO solver sims everyday, next week there will be PIO sims, Simple 3way sims and HRC sims.
Monday was a 200bb deep hand so I just shared the vanilla PIO sim from the turn
Tuesday I shared a sim that used alternative PF ranges featuring the actual sizings used in the hand
Wednesday I node locked my turn strategy
Thursday I node locked my opponent’s turn strategy
Friday I ran a PIO ICM sim
Additionaly every day I share #onemorething, a sample from POTD #2 is quoted below
Today's #onemorething will focus on how I spent a lot of time debating what preflop ranges I used for the 3bp sim I uploaded. I did not care for the GTOw 35bb sim because, it didn't have a minraise from the LJ, but mostly because it has a 3x 3B from the HJ, which I think is too large. In debating what preflop sim to use, I discovered an important detail about this hand, which is my flop cbet strategy is largely based around how often I three bet AQo preflop. In the minraise sim AQo is a heavy three bet and mixes folds to a jam, AQs is rare 3b and pure calls a jam. In game I thought we were close enough to the money in a soft tournament, that I didn't want to three bet AQo because I didn't know how to respond to a jam, but in hindsight, given the added risk premium of calling a shove, I think three bet folding AQo vs Foxen is a pretty good play. If I did have a lot of AQ, like in the sim I uploaded. You will see my flop strategy becomes a pure cbet. This is an example of how old school poker can be married with new school poker. You ask the solver "what does my global cbet strategy look like?" the solver replies "How do you play a trouble hand like AQ?”
Lastly I was on The Chip Race podcast, discussing POTD #5 and the POTD project in general. My segement begins around the 42:00 mark, but an episode like this with Alex Fitzgerald, Jen Shahade and Jason Koon is worth listening to every minute of
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