The Exploitative Charts were computed by a solver using a sample of over one million hands played against recreational players.
They exploit frequent mistakes to maximize your profit.
→ Against recreational players, follow the actions recommended by these charts.
GTO gives you a perfectly unexploitable game. This means that even the best poker AI would be unable to profit against you.
→ Against good regulars at your tables, follow the actions recommended by GTO.
Comparing GTO and Exploitative play is also very interesting to understand how and why the Exploitative strategy deviates from GTO against recreational players. We will regularly make these comparisons in the Strategic Guides.
In poker, you are in "3-max" when there are 3 players at the table.
In 3-max, you will alternately be in the Button (BTN), Small Blind (SB) and Big Blind (BB).
In poker, you are in "Heads-up" when there are only two players left at the table.
In Heads-up, you will alternately be in the Small Blind (SB) and Big Blind (BB).
Note that in Heads-up, the Small Blind acts first preflop but last post-flop.
Not all situations have the same importance. Some occur more frequently, others involve bigger pots.
To help you prioritize your learning, we use two simple symbols:
- The “1 chip” symbol (important situation): frequent and/or associated with a high average pot.
- The “2 chips” symbol (very important situation): very frequent and/or associated with a very high average pot.
