Inside Phil Galfond's Solver Course - Simplify GTO

Phil Galfond shares advanced solver study techniques from his new course. He breaks down three key heuristics: when to overbet turn with one-pair hands, how blocker selection changes based on position and pot history, and why massive overfolds work after polarizing ranges.

Turn overbets with strong one-pair hands are common in No Limit. Blockers matter more out of position. Polarized ranges allow massive overfolds.

Solver Study Framework:

• Turn overbets with hands like KQ work because you extract value before the river gets complicated and your opponent's range narrows too much
• In position prefers bottom-of-range bluffs in check-down pots rather than blocker-heavy hands when ranges stay wide
• Out of position uses blocker-centric bluffing strategy in the same wide range scenarios for better range interaction
• After check-raising turn and polarizing your range, you can overfold to 90% on river without being exploitable
• Opponent cannot exploit massive overfolds because their bluffs already beat your folding range and value hands win anyway
• GTO Wizard shows 125-175% pot overbets on dynamic boards protect one-street value hands from difficult river decisions
• Polarization eliminates bluff catchers from your range, changing minimum defense frequency requirements dramatically