90% of Low Stakes Players Make These Mistakes

GTO Wizard
17 Jan 2025
Intermediate
This material is for medium-skilled players
Strategy

In-depth analysis of three major mistakes common at low stakes: excessive slow playing on dry boards, insufficient bet sizing when opponents are capped, and inadequate betting with low equity hands. The video uses solver-based analysis to demonstrate optimal play and explains why these adjustments are crucial for improving win rates.

The video emphasizes modern GTO-based play over traditional strategies, showing how solver solutions often contradict old-school thinking about slow playing and bet sizing.

Solver Insights & Population Tendencies:

  • Check-raising aggressively on dry boards is better than slow playing
  • Over-betting when opponents are capped maximizes value
  • Including low equity hands in betting range prevents exploitation
  • Spade-blocker hands make good bluffing candidates
  • Modern solver-based play differs from traditional slow-play approaches
  • Being unexploitable requires balanced betting ranges
  • Population tendencies often differ from GTO solutions
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