I can’t understand GTO. Please help me!
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ex
SBvsHJ 3bp
Flop Kh9d4c
When SB has AXs in this situation,
Please explain why the hand with the same suited as Flop's high card, K, has the highest EV.
I understand that the spade has the lowest EV because it has no BDFD.
However, the other suiteds have equal BDFDs, so I do not know what the reason is for the differentiation of the hands.
I often see situations like this.
please help me every one!
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I'm not knowledgable on GTO so can't assist but obviously the equity is slightly higher for AXh. What is the difference in EV? do you have a screenshot of the solver?
The question is unclear, but the ranks of the cards do matter.
on a Kh9c4d Ah5h I guess would have a bit more EV than Ac5c because some of the flushes that Ac5c makes will involve the Kc hitting which
a: is more likely to be in HJ's hand, since Kx is more represented in HJ's range than 4x.
b: when it hits will result in your flush losing to a full house a bit more often, again since Kx hands are more represented in HJ's range than 4x and 9x.
c: will very occasionally result in your flush losing to a straight flush
Also there are no real blocker effects since AKs will be 4-bet preflop and hands like K5s shouldn't be in HJ's range.
Because you win more money OTR when you cooler lower flushes.
It’s interesting because let’s say you have A5s no BDFD, that is lower EV OTF but higher EV OTT. Every street is dynamic.
Thank you for taking a look.
Sorry, I can't post a screenshot.
on a Kh9c4d Ah5h I guess would have a bit more EV than Ac5c because some of the flushes that Ac5c makes will involve the Kc hitting which
a: is more likely to be in HJ's hand, since Kx is more represented in HJ's range than 4x.
b: when it hits will result in your flush losing to a full house a bit more often, again since Kx hands are more represented in HJ's range than 4x and 9x.
c: will very occasionally result in your flush losing to a straight flush
Also there are no real blocker effects since
Wow, I finally understood.
You are very dependable.
Thank you so much!
When you turn FD, if you have Ah5h you have more equity because he cant have TP+FD if you have Ad5d he can have KdTd KdJd and those hands block your outs.
I don't think I saw this pointed out already, but in the positions you described at nl50 and nl500 rake, typically AKo is a jam or call while AKs is a jam or small 4b. Ah5h blocks more AKo than the other A5s combos. With an Ah in our hand and Kh on the board, 3 aces and 3 kings left, meaning 3x3=9 combos left. With only AhKh gone, that means there are 3 combos left of AKs, and the other 6 combos are AKo. If you instead have Ad5d, then both AdKd and AhKh are not available, leaving 2 combos of AKs and 7 combos of AKo. So you are a little less likely to run into AK if you have Ah5h. If you are up against AK with A5, you are basically drawing dead on the flop. Vs other Kx, you have 3 clean ace outs though, so your equity is higher. Also, it's one less combo of Kx, so you are a tad more likely to get a fold at some point from a non-king hand, improving your equity realization and overall EV.
Similar concept with AQo. The best AQo combos are AhQd and AhQc. Because the Ah blocks more AKo while the Qd and Qc block KQs (KQo is folded pre). And the Qd or Qc are a bit better than the Qs because you block more backdoors on the flop, pick up a diamond or club on the turn that can make good barrels, then have more clean outs to pairs that don't bring in flushes, or on the flush river you sometimes have a bluff candidate.
It is also a good point that on other bdfds, HJ can have top pair with a flush draw, meaning we have less outs.
