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Originally Posted by swagurrrr
I think the two battling for the crown has to be Little Jonathan Little and Peter Clark aka Carroters.
Both are break even donks who cant coach students successfully above 50nl.
I watch a lot of Jonathon Little.
Pros
- Shares GTO ranges for a variety of situations
- Knowledgeable
- Works with pros that are better than him on his website (TMK)
- Winning live tournament player
Cons
- No editor on his videos (...and he needs one badly)
- He's autistic or something; which is actually fine, just really didn't like when he talked down to his own child who was looking for help while he was filming a video
- I'm 90% certain he's not following GTO when he plays; despite knowing GTO (To be fair; neither do I)
- RFI + amounts are irrelevant for most of a tournament, and not very applicable for low stakes cash games (Good players probe for amounts; he suggests flat amounts like many others)
I have a big issue with GTO advocates, but there are lots of pieces of information worth learning about from him. (..Like which hands to 3b with)
My issue with GTO; is that it's not GTO.
GTO isn't magic; and there are select conditions that need to be occurring for it to be useful. Those conditions aren't conditions most of us will be experiencing. The best players will tell you "exploits are better"; but what they won't tell you is the follow up to that..."and GTO is trash unless you're tilted and need to fall back on something".
I like this video on the topic; it kind of illustrates my point.
Here's
Tom Dwan playing 72o
My issue with GTO in the tournament space; is that usually the best path to victory isn't GTO. In low stakes cash games; the best path to victory isn't GTO.
GTO isn't GTO because for most people following it would lose you money/chips.
Last edited by Lucy's Fur; 09-01-2024 at 03:28 PM.
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