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Originally Posted by 6bet me
Practice with PioSolver
So I'm still getting a feel for how PioSolver works. This is only my second real simulation. I'm going to see how PioSolver plays this hand:
How PioSolver plays my hand: Pio likes to bet smaller on the flop (closer to $30), then check back the turn, then hero call most brick rivers with AQ high.
Interesting things I noticed:
1) Barrel $150 or check: Pio hates overbet jamming turn, but pio also hates a small turn barrel. It's basically suggesting that I barrel around $150ish in this spot, or else check, with most of my range.
2) Check back flush draws: The strange thing is that pio hates betting flush draws on the turn here. Like for example, it was saying I could barrel turn with 98hh, 98cc and 98dd (complete airballs), but it always wants me to always check back 98ss (flush draw). I found that quite interesting. I guess it makes sense, because it doesn't want me to get x/raised and blown off my draw. It wants me to realise my equity.
3) Don't barrel Ace high: Apart from AK, which is the one exception, pio doesn't want me to barrel any of my Ax here on the 5425 board. Instead, pio wants me to check back. I should only bet A3 (straight), A5 (trips) and AK (bluff), and I should check back the rest of my A2-AQ on the turn. I guess it follows the same logic as the flush draws: I want to realise my equity and not get x/jammed on.
4) Barrel all overpairs: pio says I should be barreling my 99-AA here at pretty much a 100% frequency, and never checking back. Initially, I thought that this was a bit strange, since it means we are super weak when we check back the turn, but I guess pio compensates for that with the following:
5) Hero call brick rivers with Ace high no spade: If the river is something like an offsuit Ten (5425T), and villain bets into me, then pio wants me to call it off with most of my Ace highs, provided I unblock spades. So with my specific hand (AQhh), I should've checked back the turn and then bluff catched most rivers.
It's actually kind of fun seeing the way PioSolver thinks. Reminds me of back when I was a kid and I had a chess engine (Chessmaster 10th edition) that I would plug random positions in and see how the engine played it out. It's just really interesting to see what the solution to a messy board texture looks like.
Doing this is ok but you then need to node lock different scenarios depending on the player types you will most frequently encounter playing your stakes. Run the sim with villian folding everything on the turn that isn't a boat, straight or 5x. Then run it again with them never folding any pair. Then run it again with them never folding a pair/draw/good overs. Compare the EV's of each of their strategies to the original sim and then go from there.
You should have a word doc for each sim you run like this, with a little musing at the end about what you've found and how you can apply it to your game. After you've done this a few hundred times you'll have constructed to some really solid strategies, and you won't be spewing nearly as much.
