While GTO solutions provide a unique and powerful baseline for how no-limit hold’em should be played, professional poker players understand that it is exploitative strategies that maximize win-rate. But how does on derive such strategies in an objective and analytical manner?
One powerful and quantitative approach relies on mass data analysis, also known as population or player pool analysis. By determining how the population as a whole plays no-limit hold’em in practice, a comparison with the GTO baseline for specific scenarios leads to optimized exploitative betting lines. In other words, the way in which the player pool deviates from GTO is they key to unlock the exploitative lines that maximize profit.
In one of Red Chip Poker’s most ambitious PRO courses, course creator w34z3l presents 26 lessons that cover a wide array of common hold’em scenarios. The result is a vast collection of exploits that you can apply to the games in which you play.
Here is w34z3l with the introductory video to the course, in which he outlines the goals, methodology, and contents of “Deviate: Exploitative Strategies Beyond GTO.”
As coach w34z3l explains in the above video, the river is the street most amenable to concrete analysis. Thus the course begins with a discussion of how one should deviate in common river spots, before turning to the other postflop streets, and ultimately preflop play.
To help contextualize the material and provide additional content for interested viewers, each lesson also includes links to other resources. For a general overview of the topics discussed in this course, you may like to check out “GTO Poker Gems” by SplitSuit and coach w34z3l.
Note that while the recommended strategic deviations are derived from online population data, the results can also be applied to live play. Not only will the course deepen your understanding of GTO strategies, it will also unveil the mechanics behind generating winning, exploitative strategies. Both live and online players will therefore come away with sophisticated and actionable information to dominate the games they play.
Subscriber comments on our Discord server to Deviate were extremely positive, but some suggested the course would be even better with an important addition.
Specifically, while exploits based on population tendencies are powerful and profitable, we can often do even better if we have specific frequency information on an individual opponent. Most of you will already implement such exploitative deviations in practical play, both live and online. An aggressive line from a passive player requires different handling than the same line taken by a maniac. But how do we meld that intuitive concept with the many exploits unveiled in the “Deviate” course?
That question is addressed in six bonus videos created by w34z3l that we published as “Deviate Plus.” The video topics are listed below.
There are two ways you can access Deviate, including the bonus videos in Deviate Plus.
First you can by the product as a standalone for $199 through this link.
Second, this course and may others are included in our $50/month PRO subscription service via the button below.
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