Hi,

Anyone know what would be the best and cheapest (or cost efficient) way to study how we should be adjusting, for an example, our opening (and 3bet and 4bet etc.) ranges and sizings against villains with exploitable pre ranges? I do know there are many heuristics we can use against players who 3bet too much, 4bet too tight or don't defend blinds aggressively enough, but I'd actually like to start digging a lot deeper into these spots on my own.

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

You would get software called HRC (hold'em resources calculator).

A month I think is like $20-30. You'd also ideally have a decent computer.

https://www.holdemresources.net/

Thank you! This is what I was looking for.

Does HRC take ev postflop actions in consideration like Piosolver preflop for example?

I'm not sure I fully understand your question but I believe the answer is yes. I will also state that HRC is significantly better than PIOsolver preflop (edge). HRC takes into account blocker effects from preflop ranges, solves significantly faster, and is capable of solving multiple preflop ranges. For example, you can solve the entire preflop 6-max tree for all 6 players (rfi/3b/4b/5b, etc.).

Here is an example screenshot of the software for a 6-max NLH sim I ran:

I meant that if HRC take in consideration eq realization postflop or if its just a preflop calculator

It should, yes. There is a postflop calculator in it, although I think that is probably worse than PIO at the moment.

It calculates everything with some combination of monte carlo and .cfr I believe, though you could always ask the plexiq (2+2 username) as he is the one that created it. There is a thread for the software in the "Poker Software" section.

I think understanding postflop is the best way to improve preflop. Most of the nuances of what happens when you make preflop mistakes can be seen postflop

Unless I'm HU I don't think I would adapt my pre, for one that leaves you exploitable for many opponents, secondly, preflop errors are so basic that they lose value by themselves you don't need to exploit them.

I would only consider adapting postflop, last to act, or against egregious fish that may not last long in the table. And even then, I'd rather let some fish go by than go for all of them with KT.

I'm noticing a phenomenon in poker that I've noticed elsewhere.

They idea is that when we have a variable that we associate linearly with another variable, e.g:

- The higher the price, the harder it is to sell.
- The lower the salary I ask, the more likely they'll higher me.
- The more jokes I make, the more likely she'll like me.

First we might make the assumption that the opposite holds true, which might be a mistake. Secondly we might assume that the variables are always correlated, that it is a linear function, but in fact it might by a binomial function or more. That is, past a certain point, the correlation no longer holds true:

- If you price it too high, you might access certain markets that would have otherwise disregarded your offer as too cheap
- If your salary is too low, they might think you are very unemployed and have no other offers.
- If you make too many jokes you might appear more as a clown rather than a potential mate.

And back to poker, we, strategy oriented players, might know that the theory is that the higher we raise, the less implied odds they have and the less they call.

But our opponent might see big pot and think, ohhh money.

So this is something to try out way before you get Kings. Just feel how the table and specific players respond to different bet sizes. Especially the first to call.

Lower raises also allow for 3bets and "virtual 3bets" where someone might 3bet only to bring the raise to the standard bet size.

But I still insist that this is a non issue, especially in terms of unexploitability. We have KK and we have 2 players that call too wide? Great! Play a flop and don't be a pussy.