How to Use GTO+ Part 3: Editing Trees & Node Locking

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’ve been a bit distracted of late. I know this isn’t unique to me — there’s a lot happening in the world. It’s been difficult staying mentally positive through the constantly changing news cycles while balancing home-schooling my two kids, working a full-time job from home, and putting time into growing this site. I just needed a break to reset the batteries. My wife felt similarly, so we decided to pack up the car and head to Michigan to stay with her parents for the week.

I’m looking forward to unplugging. I’m also eager to get back to writing. Over the past few days, I started a new post that I hope to unveil over the next couple of weeks. I have been digging into 3-bet pots using my 200 BB Flop Analysis Workbook. Specifically, I’m examining the different board types that benefit a linear 3-betting range vs a polarized one. I think it’ll be a good post and can demonstrate some of the insights we can learn from looking at the data in the way I’ve presented it with my workbook. So stay tuned for that!

In the meantime, I plan to continue my GTO+ “how-to” series over these next two weeks while I’m away. Today’s post continues the series with the 3rd part. In the video below, I demonstrate how to edit trees and use node-locking functionality.

Most people only look at equilibrium outputs and don’t take advantage of tree editing and node locking. As I demonstrated in the video above, changing assumptions — even slightly — can significantly change a solver's output. By understanding this functionality, people can greatly improve how they use solvers to help develop better exploitative strategies.

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-Lukich