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Originally Posted by deuceblocker
You might be able to use a solver to get answers to theoretical questions like that. However, solvers are not designed for 5-way pots and assume everyone is playing perfectly, so I am not sure how you could use a solver to determine how to play 1/3.
You can of course solve whatever multiway spot you want. You can also set the solver to assume players have various leaks preflop, postflop, or both. If you didn't know that, you haven't paid attention. The technique is called "nodelocking" if you want to look into that. For NLHE this is trivial stuff (much harder in PLO).
It's a 100% practical question: "Should I limp-reraise AA rather than raise?" and easy to solve. In the process you wil find various other hands to do that with, so there's an opportunity for personal growth.
But these nerdicalities was not my point. What I meant was that there's no reason for a book written in 2023 to use pen-and-paper math/conclusions when we've had solvers around since 2015. The authors missed out on an opportunity to combine something they presumably do well (make good assumptions about how live games play) with modern methods. At least it sounds like they didn't do solver work to support their strategies, correct me if I'm wrong.
If you want to convince people they can make good money from $1-$3, at least write the book right.
Last edited by ZenFish; 11-23-2023 at 03:05 PM.