5 GTO 3-BET Ranges All Live Players Should Memorize
Summary
TLDRJames Sweeney, known as Split Suit, delves into the intricacies of three-betting in poker, particularly in live cash games. He utilizes the GTO Ranges app's live GTO solve feature to dissect optimal three-betting frequencies and hand selections. Key insights include the solver's recommendation for a 3.8% three-betting range against an under the gun open, with a focus on suited hands and blockers. Sweeney also explores the impact of position on three-betting strategy, noting wider ranges from the hijack and button. He emphasizes the solver's preference for suited hands and the importance of understanding GTO strategies to exploit real-game scenarios, providing a comprehensive study tool for poker enthusiasts.
Takeaways
- 🃏 The presenter, James Sweeney, discusses the concept of three-betting in poker, emphasizing the importance of understanding GTO (Game Theory Optimal) strategies.
- 📊 The GTO solver suggests a three-betting range that is wider than what most players typically use, especially from late positions like the hijack.
- 🔢 The solver recommends a three-betting frequency of 3.8% against an under the gun open, which is higher than the average player's tendency.
- 🎯 The solver prioritizes suited hands and hands with blocker value for three-betting, such as Ace-x suited and King-x suited.
- 🚫 There is a significant emphasis on folding rather than calling in certain situations, which contrasts with common player behavior.
- 📈 When on the button facing a hijack open, the solver suggests a higher three-betting frequency of 6.1%, indicating a wider range of hands for three-betting.
- 🛑 The big blind against a cut off open is recommended to three-bet 8.3% of hands by the solver, showing a further increase in frequency when out of position.
- 🤔 The solver's output is based on the assumption of perfect play from all players, which is not typical in live cash games, suggesting the need for exploitative adjustments.
- 👥 The video highlights the solver's ability to handle complex scenarios, including multiple callers and squeeze plays, showcasing its comprehensive approach.
- 📚 The presenter advises using the GTO ranges app as a study tool to understand the patterns and frequencies rather than for real-time use at the poker table.
Q & A
What are the two types of poker players mentioned in the script?
-The two types of poker players mentioned are those who never three-bet preflop and those who three-bet with hands that are too strong, doing so too often.
What is the purpose of discussing GTO solver strategies in the script?
-The purpose is to analyze and understand the perfect three-betting numbers for live cash games as suggested by the GTO solver, which can be insightful for players looking to optimize their strategies.
What does the GTO solver suggest for the three-betting range when the hijack position is three-betting against an under the gun open?
-The GTO solver suggests a three-betting range of 3.8% when the hijack position is three-betting against an under the gun open, which is higher than what most average players would use.
What is a 'mix' in the context of the GTO solver's strategy?
-A 'mix' refers to a single hand taking different actions at different frequencies, such as a mix between raising and calling or between three-betting and folding.
Why does the GTO solver prioritize suited hands with blocker value in the three-betting ranges?
-The GTO solver prioritizes suited hands with blocker value because they are strong hands that can potentially win the pot outright and also have the utility to block certain hands that opponents might have.
How does the three-betting frequency change when the player is on the button facing a hijack open raise?
-The three-betting frequency increases to 6.1% when the player is on the button facing a hijack open raise, indicating a wider three-betting range from this position.
What is the significance of the GTO solver allowing for up to two callers pre-flop in the live cash game analysis?
-Allowing for up to two callers pre-flop in the GTO solver's analysis provides a more comprehensive and realistic look at the game dynamics, as it accounts for multiple players' actions and responses.
What is the three-betting frequency suggested by the GTO solver for the big blind facing a cut off open raise?
-The GTO solver suggests a three-betting frequency of 8.3% for the big blind facing a cut off open raise, which is higher due to the positional advantage and lack of players acting after them.
Why does the GTO solver suggest a lower calling frequency from the small blind when facing a squeeze?
-The GTO solver suggests a lower calling frequency from the small blind because, in a perfect environment, the small blind would be at a positional disadvantage, and folding becomes more favorable compared to calling.
What is the main takeaway from the video regarding the use of the GTO ranges app in live cash games?
-The main takeaway is that the GTO ranges app provides a starting point for players to understand perfect strategies in various situations, but it should be used as a study tool rather than in real-time play at the table.
Outlines
🃏 Understanding Three-Betting in Poker
James Sweeney, known as Split Suit, begins the video by discussing the concept of three-betting in poker, highlighting the two types of poker players: those who rarely three-bet and those who do so excessively. He introduces the topic of perfect three-betting numbers according to the GTO (Game Theory Optimal) solver for live cash games. The discussion aims to demystify the complexities of GTO data by examining the frequencies and construction of three-betting ranges, including the percentage of bluffs and how they are prioritized. Sweeney emphasizes the importance of understanding these ranges and how they can be applied to real-life poker games.
📊 Analyzing Three-Betting Ranges and Frequencies
In this segment, Sweeney delves into the specifics of three-betting ranges using the GTO solver. He focuses on the hijack position's three-betting strategy against an under the gun open, noting the solver's suggestion of a 3.8% three-betting range, which is higher than average. The analysis includes a detailed look at the frequency of three-betting for various hand types, the concept of mixed strategies where a single hand can take different actions at varying frequencies, and the overall shape of the three-betting range. Sweeney also discusses the implications of these strategies in live cash games and how understanding them can lead to more exploitative play.
🎯 Three-Betting from the Button Against a Hijack Open
The video continues with an examination of three-betting from the button against a hijack open. The solver suggests a higher frequency of three-betting at 6.1%. Sweeney points out similarities and differences in the three-betting range compared to the previous scenario, with an emphasis on suited hands and blockers. He also discusses the strategic implications of being in position and how the potential for a squeeze play can influence hand selection. The analysis provides insights into how the solver constructs ranges and the importance of adapting these strategies to exploit weaknesses in real opponents.
🛡 Three-Betting from the Big Blind Against a Cut-Off Open
Sweeney shifts the focus to three-betting from the big blind against a cut-off open, where the solver suggests an even higher frequency of 8.3%. The discussion covers the range construction, with a focus on strong hands and suited connectors. He also looks at the overall continuation frequency, which includes raises and calls, and how this influences the decision to fold. The video highlights the importance of considering how opponents will play post-flop when constructing three-betting ranges. Sweeney wraps up this section by encouraging viewers to explore the app for more detailed analysis and to use the information as a study tool rather than for real-time play.
🤔 Exploring Squeeze Plays in Poker
The final part of the video explores squeeze plays, focusing on in-position and out-of-position scenarios. Sweeney discusses the solver's suggested squeezing ranges and how they incorporate both strong hands and hands with blocker value. He also notes the solver's preference for folding over calling in certain situations, which contrasts with common player tendencies. The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to engage with the content, request further analysis on specific ranges, and provide feedback on the type of content they find most valuable. Sweeney emphasizes the importance of studying these concepts off the table to improve poker strategy and gameplay.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Three-betting
💡GTO Solver
💡Live Cash Games
💡Range
💡Position
💡Mix
💡Squeeze
💡Blocker Value
💡Exploitative Play
💡Pre-flop
Highlights
Introduction to the concept of three-betting ranges in poker according to GTO solver.
Explanation of how the GTO solver's three-betting numbers differ from common player tendencies.
Discussion on the importance of understanding the frequency and construction of three-betting ranges.
Analysis of a specific scenario where the hijack position three-bets against an under the gun open.
Revealing the solver's suggested three-betting range frequency of 3.8% in a particular situation.
Insight into the mix of hands in the three-betting range, including pure and mixed strategies.
Explanation of how mixed strategies work in the context of the GTO solver's output.
Detailed breakdown of hand actions, such as the different actions suggested for pocket eights.
Importance of understanding the construction of the three-betting range and the role of suited hands.
Observation that strong pocket pairs are not always three-bet, contrary to common player habits.
Discussion on the solver's three-betting range from the button against a hijack open raise.
Highlight of the solver's preference for bluffy hands and suited blockers in the three-betting range.
Analysis of the positional differences in three-betting ranges, especially from the big blind.
Explanation of the solver's squeeze strategy and the inclusion of a wider range of hands.
Discussion on the solver's unique approach to allowing two colors of pre-flop raises in the solve.
Insight into the solver's squeeze strategy out of position from the small blind.
Conclusion and call to action for viewers to explore more about three-betting ranges and provide feedback.
Transcripts
so there are really only two kinds of
poker players one's the pretty much
never three bet prefab plus they have
the super nuts and those are three bet
way too often pretty much nobody three
bets a perfect amount today i want to
talk through what the gto solver says
are perfect three betting numbers for
live cash games let's get started
good morning how are we doing today my
name is james sweeney aka split suit and
today i want to talk about three betting
ranges with you we recently added the
live gto solve to the gto ranges app and
one of the big things that sticks out to
me is how incredibly interesting three
biting ranges are according to the gto
solver and while raw gto data can be a
little bit difficult to parse and tricky
to memorize because there are those
complex mixes in there it's still
extremely telling to figure out what
these frequencies look like according to
the solver what the construction looks
like and kind of what percentage of
bluffs or air hands are in there and how
those air hands tend to get prioritized
so without further ado let's look at a
couple of different spots together these
are going to be five of the ranges i
think are very important to understand
because they kind of start to give you a
rough idea of some of the major pictures
pre-flop such as three betting against
another gun opener let's talk about that
one first all right so if you have the
app up just go to the full ring section
the live rgto and let's rock enroll and
i'm just going to use the basic admin
for this one this is our internal
back-end that we use for storing and
visualizing the solves in advance before
we even put them into the app so let's
rock and roll through this let's start
with a situation where under the gun
open raises and the hijack is going to
be three betting now let's see what the
solver would do in this exact scenario
so one of the first things i like to
focus on when i look at solver output is
what is the overall frequency in a given
situation so when the hijack is three
betting against and under the gun open
rays with no collars in between
there is a three point eight percent
three betting range suggested by the
solver which is kind of interesting it's
probably a little bit higher than you
would see for the average person most
players are going to be a little bit
tighter this probably closer to two to
three percent instead of almost four
and one of the things that i'm looking
for is kind of what is the overall shape
and where are the air hands involved
here so all of the three bets in this
graphic are in red and you notice that
some cells are pure like aces right is a
hundred percent three bet in this
situation
versus a lot of the other included hands
are going to be mixes which could be
mixed between raising and calling or
could be mixed between three betting and
folding so for instance you take
something like king queen suited and
that's going to be at three bet 71.5
percent of the time according to the
solver and if we click call as well we
see the remaining number of that is
going to get made up with calls so
there's pretty much no folding going on
with that and if nothing else that's
important to understand as well and
since we're on the topic of mixes it's
important you have a basic understanding
of what this means essentially a mix
means that a single hand is going to
take differing actions at different
frequencies and sometimes it's a mix
between two actions sometimes it's a mix
between three actions so what that means
is that when a solver suggests a hand
get mixed it means both lines both
suggestions that it's making regardless
of the frequencies whether one's really
really high or sort of high
the solver is saying both of these lines
are going to be equal ev that's exactly
the way that it's thinking about it so
it's not to say oh well [ __ ] kings is
mostly getting three bed here and as
such was just always three bed that's
called a simplification method but it's
not actually what the silver output is
saying it's not saying okay just always
three bet kings because it's above fifty
percent and never three beta's clean off
because it's lower than fifty percent
that's not at all what it's saying
and just for the record some hands
actually get mixed with all three
actions so if you look at something like
pocket eights here you notice that's
getting a three bet eight point five
percent of times getting called twenty
one percent of the time and folded the
other seventy point five percent of the
time so it's not that all mixes are
always gonna be between two actions
sometimes it's actually between three
and then besides just looking at the raw
frequencies i like to look at the way
the solver is adjusting the range get
constructed so if we look at the three
bet range and just get rid of all the
folds you notice that most of the hands
are going to be up in this upper left
hand corner but there's definitely some
trail along along the ace five ace four
h3 suited a little bit of ace eight
suited as well and you notice not a
tremendous amount of pocket pairs are
getting three bet now that's probably
not super surprising to you probably
don't three about pocket sevens against
an under they're gonna open very often
but it's important to understand this
and also notice like pocket jacks is
actually getting three bet forty three
percent of the time
most of you probably don't do that as a
default or pretty much ever against an
undergone open but something like king
jack suited that's getting more highly
prioritized king 10 suited more highly
prioritized i mean that's even higher
than three by didn't say pocket queens
here now of course the big strong pocket
pairs that aren't getting three bet are
getting thrown into the calls because
those are in blue but you notice even
something like pocket tens is still
getting folded a pretty good chunk of
the time pocket nines is getting folded
more than half the time and again not
something that is going to be very
common for most of you watching this and
honestly the most players in the game
overall so i think the big takeaway here
is noticing that the solver is three
betting wider from the hijack than i
think most people do against another gun
open rays and also noticing the hand
selection is not super shocking since
it's prioritizing things that look to be
suited and have blocker value like asex
like ease five suited s4 suited king
queen suited king jack suited and it's
also going to be typically on the
blocker on the ace or the king and
there's not going to be a ton of three
betting even with these strong pocket
pairs since something like queens jacks
and tens are getting three bets some
percentage of the time but nowhere near
all the time although that's not super
shocking for most people but a really
interesting one should be the fact that
he's queen suited is largely going to
get called in this scenario it's
technically a mix with 1.5 percent three
betting and then the rest of it is
getting shoved into the calling range
but i'm not going to go into exactly why
it's doing that in this video i just
think it's important to understand so
again frequency range construction
noticing there is definitely kind of
airy hands in here and there's not a
tremendous amount of calling either in
fact the silver suggesting that the
hijack be three betting more often than
they call in this scenario which is
definitely not true if you're a average
person in a live cash game alright so
that helps us visualizing three betting
in position against an under the gun
open raise now let's try another in
position three bit but this time where
we are on the button facing a hijack
open raise all right so switching up the
open razor to the hijack and the button
being the three better we notice already
right off the bat looking at frequencies
that the silver is suggesting a six
point one percent three bet which is
significantly higher than under four
percent from the hijack so we can notice
similarities between the three betting
range here and the previous three
betting range that we looked at since
they're both mostly up in the upper left
hand corner with some trail down again
amongst these suited asex hands some
things like king 10 k9 suited again
using those kind of suited blocker hands
like asex and king x not super shocking
you know just a little bit wider in
terms of the off suit stuff some ace
jack is getting three bet 34 percent of
the time and you're still noticing very
similar effects in terms of the pocket
pairs right you're getting some three
bets from sevens through queens give or
take queens is going to be a three bet
more than half the time about two-thirds
and then the rest are all going to be
under half until eventually we get down
to pretty much nothing into pocket fives
so there are two big things that i'm
noticing here one is that the solver is
liking more kind of bluffy hands in the
mix more things like king x suited and
asex suited you're getting a wider
selection of those combinations involved
and then the second thing is like the
ace jack suited and the king queen
suited if we notice if we took on the
calls those are 100 pure calls in this
situation not three bets
whereas king queen suited i believe was
like a pure three bet in the previous
one or at least a large three bet in the
previous one and i think the big thing
we have to keep in mind here is when you
are on the hijack facing out of the gun
open there are players behind you that
could squeeze if you decided to call
there and could have position on you
whereas when you call on the button and
someone squeezes you're gonna have
position on them i suspect that's
playing a pretty large role here in the
exact hand selection that the solver is
is looking at and choosing in this spot
but i think it's really important to
understand that the solver is saying
okay everyone is going to play totally
perfect prefab post flop everywhere at
every stage of the game obviously in a
live cash game that's not going to be
the case so you can look at this and say
okay this is a starting point this is
what the solver suggests in a perfect
environment now when i'm looking at my
actual players involved in this hand how
could i possibly break away from this
get into more exploitative craft my
ranges in such a way that exploit the
leaks in the players that are involved
in this hand that is kind of how you can
go from melding the raw solver output
into something that's a little bit more
exploitative and takes advantage of the
situation at hand but either way you
walk out of here knowing what the gto
solver is adjusting here a 6.1 percent
three bet on the button against a hijack
open with no other callers and let's
look at another situation but this time
one where we are going to be out of
position so let's look at a spot where
we three bet from the big blind facing a
cut off open raise all right so updating
the builder we have an open from the
cutoff no calls and a three bet from the
big blind and you notice that the
silver's frequency jumps up yet again
this time to 8.3 percent of hands and
notice that we are out of position in
this hand but not only are we out of
position but we don't have anyone who
can act after us so it's not like we
have to have some hands in our calling
range that can defend against squeezes
that could happen after us that's not a
possibility when we're in the big blind
in this situation
so notice again eight point three
percent three bet getting suggested from
the solver in a big blind versus cut off
open and let's just look at the exact
range construction you notice that
there's a lot more of those pocket pairs
now also when you get a bigger selection
you get full pure three bets with jax
plus full finally on ace king suited and
off suit and the rest of it is not super
shocking notice that it's prioritizing
again kind of those king x suited hands
and also the asex suited hands and it's
also throwing in a little bit more like
queen 10 queen 9 jack 10 jack 9
not 100 of them but definitely a much
larger mix and in a slightly different
construction set than you were seeing in
previous three betting ranges now one
other thing that i like to look at when
i'm looking at solver output especially
from the blinds facing a steal
is what is the overall continuance
frequency so the overall continuance is
your raises plus your calls so
essentially 100 minus folds and you
notice that that's around 19 ish percent
is going to be your continuance and thus
the other 81.5 is going to be folds so
that's actually a pretty large chunk of
folds considering just overall blind
defense nowadays but that's all wrapped
around the fact that the cutoff is going
to play perfectly because that's what
the solver is thinking at this point so
that means when the big blind three bets
the cutoff is gonna play perfectly
against that when the big blind calls
the cutoff is gonna play perfectly post
flop regardless of texture regardless of
check raising all that stuff both
players are going to play perfectly from
here on forward whereas in the real
world
if you are in the big blind and you
three bet is the cutoff going to play
totally perfectly against that are they
going to forbid an appropriate amount if
they call are they going to play well
post flop a perfect amount well of
course not and the more and more they
say the cutoff is folding well the more
and more you can just three bet even
wider here and just take advantage of
the fact that they're folding too often
against your big blind three bet so
that's how you can start going from the
raw silver output again into actual
exploitative ranges that you would use
in real time but at least here you have
a starting point this is the gto solver
suggested approved range and i think
this is totally fair having a nice 8.3
3-bed in this situation nice little
resteal against the cut-off open i think
is totally reasonable i think the range
construction looks really good you have
definitely the strong stuff in there but
you also have enough things again like
ace five suited as eight suited k9
suited and also some other things like
suited connectors to make sure that you
have some strength in your 3-bitting
range and also some strength in your
calling range when you call and go
forward from here all right i'll leave
it to you if you wanted to do more
exploration more specific exploration
when it comes to 3-betting in position
out of position every range against
another range but what i want to do
instead of doing that because this video
then lasts forever is instead jump over
and look at a couple of different
squeeze situations now one of the things
that makes this solve very very unique
is that we allowed the solver to not
just have one color prefab but two
colors brief up which is actually
massive at the end of the day and it's
massive one because nobody else has ever
done this this is literally the world's
first live gto solve that is actually
very very comprehensive and number two
is every single element you add into a
pre-fob solve gets more and more
expensive and more and more
time-consuming so if you add an extra
player so for instance going from a
six-handed solve to a seven-hand solve
that takes much much longer for every
single caller you allow pre-fop that
gets much much longer and also more
expensive so this entire solve because
it's eight-handed we allowed for up to
two callers pre-fop it took
almost three months running 24 7 on a
custom server with two terabytes of ram
this was massive but the overall end
result is a much higher resolution look
at what the gto prefab solve actually
looks like for live cache games so
because we have this very cool situation
where we can have one or two callers
proof up we also then can look at
squeezes and i want to look at two
squeeze situations in the range charts
with you alright so let's look at a
situation where the low jack open raises
the cut off calls and we're looking to
squeeze from the button so you notice
right here that the squeezing range
suggested by the solver is four percent
of hands so it's not shocking that we're
finding the solver making a similar
suggestion as usual three betting the
really really strong stuff right kings
is a pure squeeze aces is a pure squeeze
ace king suited pure squeeze and then a
good chunk of squeezing with things like
pocket queens and ace queen off and bass
king off and king queen suited as well
but beyond that you're looking at things
like some asex suited ace five suit is
in there ace four suited in there king
six suited and there again you notice
the silver likes these kind of hands
that have
the blocker value plus the suited value
and then beyond that getting into things
like king 10 suited king jack suited
which kind of fits that same mix as well
you notice that there's a little bit of
selection of the middle pack of pairs
right sevens is getting three bet three
percent of the time nine's eight percent
tens nine point five percent but zero
jacks being included here those are
gonna get shoved into that calling range
which is kind of interesting because it
protects itself when the button decides
to call here and gets squeezed in any
capacity having things like some strong
stuff can be very very good which is why
you notice some ace king offsuit is
getting shoved into the calling range
pocket jacks is the same little bit of
pocket queens just the same but the
overall squeezing shape here not too too
shocking but again notice the exact kind
of way the sulfur is suggesting to quote
throw in air and i don't like to say air
just because it's it's a little vague
but you're just noticing that it's
prioritizing the king x suited asex
suited kind of stuff a little bit of
pocket pairs and obviously these aren't
going to be like pure pure like
the way that people would default think
about value 3 bets but this is the
overall construction not a tremendous
amount of squeezing but a decent chunk
and honestly much wider than most people
are going to squeeze in this scenario in
real time all right since this is an in
position squeeze let's also look at it
out of position squeeze together we keep
things fairly similar or say the low
jack open raises but this time the
button is going to call and we are going
to be in the small blind so you notice
again the three betting range is pretty
tight four point six percent of hand so
a little bit wider than it was in the
previous setup but this is still very
very important and also notice pretty
much everything is shoved up in that
upper left hand corner there's a little
bit of ace five suited king six suited
but largely we're up here notice more
inclusion of ace queen than the previous
one more inclusion of things like king
queen suited now also that's a pure
squeeze and a little bit of king queen
off at 17 percent and also jax is now
here hi welcome back back at jax and
also a little bit of tens nines eights
but again very minimal on those
inclusions and no pocket sevens this
time like there was in the previous one
now this one i find interesting for a
couple different reasons first is that i
think a lot of players will not squeeze
anywhere near 4.6 of the time here i
think they're probably closer to like
two and a half to three percent of hands
i think they understand everybody in
like queens plus and the ace king a
decent chunk of the time but i don't
think most players are default three
betting ace queens or king queen suited
every single time or even king jack
suited i think a lot of those kind of
combos get shoved into their calling
range but if you pay attention
interesting fact number two here is that
the solver really does not like calling
very much here right about one percent
of the time is going to be calls all of
those are in blue and notice it's not
like pure pockets and pure pocket sixes
or even pure ace jack suited
which means that the solver finds the ev
between calling with ace jack suited and
folding ace jack suited here to be equal
that's kind of fascinating in my opinion
i don't know about you but i find that
to be extremely interesting it really
goes to show you the positional
disadvantage playing in a perfect
environment and while that means that if
the small member to call here that their
opponents are going to play perfectly it
also means the small blind is going to
play perfectly and even in that
environment this the solver still does
not like calling here or i think a lot
of players are going to call here with
like five to ten maybe even more
percentage of hands
that is not at all lining up at the
solver so while memorizing these exact
ranges can be very very complicated if
not impossible for most people and again
the goal with this app is not to use it
in real time please only use this as a
study tool do not bring it up at the
table do not do anything that involves
using this in real time at all this is
strictly a study tool but when you're
studying it yes it's going to be
difficult to memorize these things and
recall them perfectly at the table
however the more you work with them the
more you're going to start to understand
okay what are those frequencies looking
like and also what is the overall range
construction looking like noticing how
the sulfur is suggesting choosing those
bluffs is going to be extremely
extremely valuable and as you poke
through the app and go through every
single range or just explore your own
hands again studying them off table you
can really start to find these patterns
quite quickly and really see why it
likes the hands that it chooses and
again the overall assumption underlying
all of those things so that's gonna wrap
it up for this one i really hope you
enjoyed hopefully you learned something
as well and by the way if you like this
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going to be it for me today thank you so
much for hanging out if you need
anything don't hesitate to let me know
otherwise as always good luck out there
and happy grinding
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