GTO Poker Simplified by Neznámý

Author:Neznámý [Neznámý]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Heuristics for real life

Do you need board coverage against fish?

The big question is does board coverage matter if you are playing against unsophisticated opponents? If you are playing against the drunks in your local casino, they are probably not thinking about how robust your range is and how unlikely it is you have trip 2s, so shouldn’t you weight your range more towards premium hands?

This is a fair point, against weak players you can probably get away with capping your range in spots like this. However, I would go back to my previous argument that it is better to practice GTO at all levels, even if you sacrifice some immediate EV.

Perhaps a better exploitative reason to adopt the principles of board and runout coverage is that weak players tend to remember the hands where you appeared to have sucked out on them. In the example above, in a vacuum check/raising T♥6♥ on a seven high board, double barrelling on a 5♥ turn then getting there on the river looks like a wild maniac play. Bad players will remember spots like this and rather than think you are a ‘balanced’ player they will wrongly give you too much credit on medium connected wet boards in the future. What I call the ‘he could have anything’ fallacy.

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