Just got GTO+. Ran some sims of two-tone AT3ss, A24cc type boards. To my surprise, it was betting 50% of the time, given my selection of a 33% bet size.

Pretty much every hand has a mixed strategy of checking and betting, but I did notice that a lot of hands like AJcd were checking a high frequency of the time (the worst Axo in my range- from UTG open).

Does anyone have experience or knowledge that would be able to point me in the right direction to efficiently interpret sims?

So far, I have little experience. I run a sim and then browse around, amused by all the mixed strategies, and for example, taking surprise in seeing such a high frequency of check-backs out of AJdc on AhTs3s.

Another thought that I have is taking a look at the opposing range's raising strategy, and comparing it to the villains that I face, obviously seeing that villains I face are not raising nearly enough, and therefore, maybe I should be cbetting more, and defending less.

Nevertheless, I'd really like someone to help me out, and share some wisdom on how to tackle sims in a way that effectively relates to my own games. I guess I could sit down and ask myself this question, coming to a conclusion quickly; and I will. But I'd still like some outside opinions. Anyone?

Thanks!

You need to do node locks. I don't know how to do this in GTO+, but basically you need to adjust the oop players folding and raising frequencies.

Hey, thanks for reply.

Question: It appears that I always need to end all in for solver to run EV calculations etc. How would I ever solve for a hand in which I don't plan to be all in? Possible? Thanks.

I don't use GTO+, so I don't think I can help you. Maybe you can contact their support.

Despite the heavily mixed solutions, if you run a bunch of similar boards you'll be able to pick up on trends and you'll see again and again certain type of hands taking certain lines. That's where the value really is. This way you can figure out what the general structure of each line should be for a given board texture and if you do that you're already well ahead of most of the competition.

You should have this basic general theory down pat before you even think of going for exploitative lines with node locking and such.

Even in your "amusing" example of high frequency check backs by a certain combo of AJ on AT3 lies a very important trend that you'll see pop up time after time in solver solutions.

thanks for your reply. I have a theory:
1. Identify your range visually and define the absolute worse SDV good bluffs and best SDV hands, bet them 100%
2. Check everything in the middle

Good starting point?

The number of players preflop, flop type (makes a huge difference if it is a rainbow or not, e.g. here), (check-)raise frequency.

Even if you ignore the last one here, you still will be splitting your range, so not a big deal but you can make a profit by adjusting.

C-betting virtually every time when the opponent figures to fold often enough and doesn't check raise nor float enough, is not a mistake but a source of profits. How you play vs. such, and what's the -EV of the opponent's play; one needs a solver that one can set to play as one wants.