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Originally Posted by ScotchOnDaRocks
But your post made me think of a question to ask, if the opens were mostly accurate back then but not now due to changes in strategy and population does this mean the solvers would have been wrong for online play back in 2004? But the solvers are “correct” for 2019?
The better you play post flop the more hands you can play preflop. So the empirically based ranges from this book are optimal for the author's post flop play. Modern ranges with solvers assume perfect play post flop, so keep that in consideration when you consider your individual preflop ranges.
Interestingly, having done some homework in my lab on this particular hand, I believe correct play is to either bet flop, check fold turn or check call flop, check fold turn to a button two barrel. If the button checks back the turn we should check call the river. So while natural on a board texture like this, it seems my double barrel is a mistake.
My iron friend is checking the flop with a large % of it's range here, a play which I'm sure was foreign to high stakes back in 2004. It still is in 2019!