Turn Spot SPR 1.4

This isn’t a theory question. This is an exploit question.

Theory doesn’t care about stacking an opponent. It cares about range vs range interaction and executing the maximum EV play vs an opposing range that keeps us unexploitable.

Your question is, if our range is stronger and our villain is inelastic, why can’t we bet more to stack them? The answer is you can, as an exploit. You will be exploitable tho. It’s up to you to figure out if the value gained outweighs the chance your opponent will exploit you. Most of the times it’s not, but you will have to navigate more difficult spots.

From a theory standpoint, in multi-way pots the issue is vs perfect theory land ranges, equities run close and when this happens, position is what matters most. This is why we check almost range OOP and bet very selectively. IP we can bet a bit more. OOP is incentivized to play a heavy XR strategy with their range and given the fact we are facing multiple opponents, and we have many hands in our range IP that want to bet to get value or deny equity, we bet with a small sizing.

However, when we nodelock solvers to play against opponents who mimic live tendencies, we see massive deviations from GTO baseline to what I consider ExploiTO. Essentially, it’s the perfect maximum EV baseline against the opponent based on the way the opponent is responding. While it will be destroyed by an opponent playing GTO against it, the live player will get completely run over for maximum EV. You as the player need to figure out when and where to implement each strategy and that’s why knowing GTO is so very important because if you don’t know what your opponent should be doing, then how will you know how to exploit them?

Idk what they would do about it lol. That’s up to you to figure out.

But I criminally overfold to big bets and it’s insane how much value such strong hands miss out. Let’s say you pot this flop with sets, AK, and NFD and check everything else. I can literally fold everything when you bet and fire everything when you check. It’s just free money for me and perfect information. This is how most live regs play and why it’s such a profitable game.

Now let’s say you check sets like this, check all 2 pairs that can’t improve and also check some naked NFDs that don’t block straight draws.

Well now I can’t just blindly bet when you check with any 4 cards. I have to calibrate a correct betting range.

But majority of live pros are incapable of seeing the forest thru the trees.

My betting range is strong but I sometimes check a hand like top set nfd and gutter so I can protect my range.

In position player can’t blindly bet when it’s 4 ways just because I checked.