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Andrew Brokos

Dec 17, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | GTO Wizard

It’s scary to contest a pot against a covering stack when you have a high risk premium,… 17/12/2024 11 min. / 55 sec. Tournament poker generally incentivizes stack preservation and more conservative play than cash game poker, and this is… 16/12/2024 15 min. / 30 sec. In a single-raised pot (SRP), a BB caller should almost always check when out of position (OOP)… 09/12/2024 14 min. / 28 sec.
Revolutionizing MTTs: The Ultimate ICM Solver Upgrade

Jul 28, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | GTO Wizard

The most monumental advancement to MTT study in the history of poker solvers is now here. GTO Wizard is thrilled to announce a revolutionary upgrade: Custom ICM Solving with GTO Wizard AI, which allows you to solve any heads-up postflop situation for any poker tournament format—including KO, Freezeout, PKO, Satellites, and Mystery Bounties. This breakthrough will fundamentally transform how MTTs are studied and shift the meta of poker tournaments!Why Is This a Game Changer?
The 5 Levels of Trainer Mastery

Jun 16, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | GTO Wizard

We’ve created over 40 custom drills for this article! Though all drills are accessible through the article, we highly recommend importing them for easy access. Click here to access the drill import sheet. All drills have the RNG mode set to “High RNG.”Learning poker is daunting; the process can feel like hitting your head against a wall for those starting out. Fortunately, if you’re adamant about taking on the challenge, you’ve come to the right place.
Exploiting Cold Callers Who Stab Too Much

Jun 2, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | Andrew Brokos |GTO Wizard

In single-raised pots (SRPs) between an in position (IP) raiser and an out of position (OOP) caller, there is usually a clear relationship between one player’s aggression and the other’s passivity. Typically, the OOP caller checks most or all of their range to the IP raiser, who then bets most of their range. The rare cases where the IP player is not incentivized to bet so often are also the cases where their opponent bets most frequently.
Barreling as IP Cold-Caller

May 19, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | Andrew Brokos |GTO Wizard

You cold-calledCold callTo call a bet/raise when you have not invested any money in the pot yet. a preflop raise. That’s scary. You bet into a check from the preflop raiser, which is doubly scary because you know a check from an out of position (OOP) raiser should be uncapped and can possibly be followed up by a raise. The good news is they didn’t raise your bet. The bad news is they didn’t fold either, which is probably what you were hoping for, even if you had a pair.
Pushing Equity With Small Bets

May 5, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | Andrew Brokos |GTO Wizard

One of the most memorable pieces of poker wisdom I ever received came from my long-time podcast co-host Nate Meyvis, who told me:“The freedom to bet any amount is the defining feature of no-limit hold ‘em. If you only ever bet between 50%–100% of the pot, you’re really handcuffing yourself.”This was in a long-ago era of poker strategy, before the advent of game theory solvers. At that time, few players used very large or very small bets, and even fewer understood when and why to use them.
Limp-Called Pot as BB

Apr 15, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | Andrew Brokos |GTO Wizard

My favorite way to study with GTO Wizard is to approach it experimentally, using the scientific method as a guide. That means I start with formulating a hypothesis and then dig into the data or otherwise run experiments to test that hypothesis. When I set out to study scenarios where the SB limped and called a raise from the BB, my hypothesis was that they would resemble BTN vs BB confrontations.
Why Not Shove?

Apr 14, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | Andrew Brokos |GTO Wizard

You’re in the money in an MTT but still a long way from the final table. The average stack is about 30bb, which is roughly what both you and the players behind you have. You open 9♠9♣ from the CO for a min-raise, and the BB calls. The flop comes 7♠4♥2♦. The BB checks, and you bet 60% pot (the solver recommends a slightly larger continuation bet here, but this is based on a hand I actually played, so you’re going to make a few mistakes along with me and hopefully learn from them). The BB calls.
Navigating Nasty Rivers Out of Position

Mar 26, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | Andrew Brokos |GTO Wizard

Playing out of position (OOP) is hard. It’s fundamentally disadvantageous to act on each street without knowing your opponent’s action while they get to act with knowledge of yours. This disadvantage is especially acute on dynamic rivers. When the final community card makes new monster hands possible, it also devalues previously strong holdings. Hands with which you were happily growing the pot on the flop and turn may suddenly prefer a cheap showdown.
Crack the Shell of Nut Draw Strategy

Mar 25, 2024 | blog.gtowizard.com | Andrew Brokos |GTO Wizard

Nut draws hold obvious appeal as betting and raising candidates. They benefit from fold equity, sometimes even making better hands fold, while also having the potential to win big pots when opponents do not fold immediately. Yet solvers do not consistently play nut draws aggressively.