LLinusLLove | Pot Control | GTO Analysis

[@carlo8044]

Perfect and clear commentary on the hand. This video can’t get any better in my opinion. Im already in love with this channel as this is quality content

[@boodrowwillsun4037]

If this keeps up, it will be my new favorite poker channel.

[@Gos1234567]

Linus-Shminus... Mike Postle would've snap folded that river

[@DeeepValue]

Fuck GTO ,CTO FTW.

[@glennvds6349]

The solver knowledge is powerful in this one. As a more of a player molded by raw experience and feel, these vids are filling some void in my game. Could listen to these for hours...

[@joeebanks646]

exact same for me buddy. this is top notch stuff, easily pushing long term pros to another level imo

[@RonnieBizzleTV]

All I can say is WOW!! Next level stuff not like anything on youtube

[@guillermocantuvaldes9085]

So in conclussion Pio made its strategy based on Linus strategy lol

[@j_3009]

Linus make his strategy studying piosolver.

[@Donkle365]

@@j_3009 thank you for this insightful comment

[@kkkkdidikddd9033]

This tells how much he been playing on solver.. dude checked that board like he knows he should do that 100% of times i bet so many gto pro would bet there

[@manifestyourlife6]

There is a constant feed from LLinus' brain to Piosolver.

[@acernera]

I have been trying to understand building my GTO strategy for a long time and one of the things I always struggled with was range advantage. The way you described the range advantage at roughly four minutes into this video was eye-opening for me and finally pulled it all together. Thank you!

[@natemurray02]

wow keep this type of analysis up! It's like Doug Polk went Super Saiyan. Subscribed!!

[@xxChacaronXX]

and super respectful as well!

[@FourOneNineOneFourOne]

Thanks for doing these, your videos are awesome :)!

[@stephenticsay27]

Loved seeing you go into exploitative incentives with the node-locking feature. It’s really instructive to (as you have said) develop a hypothesis, adjust the parameters to test the hypothesis, and then learn oodles both about what motivates Pio and how to profitably deviate from equilibrium. If Larsen isn’t betting optimally, Linus shouldn’t raise optimally. Great vid.

[@rynej]

this is legitimately S tier content. truly as good as gets, looking forward to your future work

[@yungbreezyatl]

started from the first video and i will see them all! This is great help, one day ill be there.

[@SachTard]

hey thanks for showing the tree man! glad to get the mini shoutout. nice vid, looking forward to next

[@davidfong7848]

I like the pace of your analysis. I think it's worth noting that QJ only has 58% equity OTF. And i agree that OOP's range is doing well on this flop relatively speaking. One more thing I want to point out is that QJ is blocking a lot of the hands it needs protection from (KQ-AQ, QTs) so it seems like a good X back candidate

[@peacefulbuddha8361]

I think the reason for the check behink on the flop is so you can have top pair in your range on some runouts. QJ is the worst Q LL 3 bets presumably so it makes the best hand to balance.

[@ebbflow4591]

A very gto channel name change indeed. 10/10 channel

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Haha! I didn't put much thought into this thing when I first started, thought I would get 15 subscribers and 20 views.

[@siveange127]

Amazing video man. It was very interesting to watch. Keep up the good work!

[@dongki2357]

love your vids man, keep em coming. also really digging the summary at the end, your vids keep on getting better!

[@BrentDady]

This is fantastic. Hope you keep doing these as a series. Would be great to see some analysis on some less optimal plays and players, too!

[@FindingEquilibrium]

I think the next vid will be one more with linus and a high stakes MTT player, but after that I plan to try to find some interesting WSOP hands which I am sure will include some "unconventional" players.

[@isuckatgaming7225]

Yeah!! A new video, awesome!! Thanks a lot for this content, we have to support the channel if we want more..

[@polloymedio]

I'd love to see a video where an oldschool poker pro applies this kind of thought without knowing any GTO. Great videos! EDIT: Probly no way there is :D

[@toomuchsauce1664]

More pio analysis please, I find the videos really informative

[@Nate-pv7fy]

so glad your channel came up in my recommended

[@TwiceBakedDeep]

These are awesome! Please keep it up!

[@abanger]

"When holding a strong hand in position, Pio often favors simply calling bets and allowing the opponent to build the pot, and reserving a possible raise until later streets to maximize value." Do you generally lose a significant amount of EV by simplifying to a call-or-fold strategy IP? Is this true on both the flop and turn?

[@toomuchsauce1664]

Great video - really enjoying the Linus vids, great breakdown too, quality content

[@jacobcadena9345]

This video starts developing your tone and seems to show more edits. Nice.

[@oveh.8160]

This is gold in term of knowledge!

[@kasra_mlg]

Dude your channel is fan-fu**in-tastic !!! Great footage and great analysis bro, thanx !

[@scottywayne]

Very interesting analysis. I am a new viewer and really enjoying your vids.

[@drewoconnell5]

great video, really appreciate it. I think preflop ranges could be slightly changed, but I understand thats difficult. personally I'd add more strong suited broadways, stronger Ax that have two overs (A6, A7, A8s,) vs low pocket pairs

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Yeah -I am looking into GTO solvers/solutions for preflop to have more optimal ranges going forward.

[@drewoconnell5]

​@@FindingEquilibrium awesome love your passion

[@Vunomic]

I think Pio went for a raise OTR with QJs makes more sense when we see how the hand was played out and what LLinus possible ranges are. A raise OTR can represent a strong flush or a full house. LLinus did 3bet, so his nutted hands are: K♦Q♦, 99, Q♦10♦, 66, even 9♦10♦ on the lower end to balance weaker suited connectors to 3 bet range. While i can see how the smallish bet on the river seems like strong, from my live experiece it's like a weak value/blocker bet. Exactly the type of hand i expect from Dan, trips, strong but still vulnerable. So Dan is probably still fearing a strong raise, which like Pio suggests, would work in getting Dan to muck his strong but vulnerable trips. EDIT - No one? Are my lines and reasoning flawed? I love for a correction or any insight steering me to the correct thought process. Thank you.

[@k14pc]

very interesting hand and analysis. great job! will continue to check your channel out

[@cpsof]

Does Pio only consider EV in chips? If so, then raising the river might be ok in cash games, but in tournaments it's not good.

[@isuckatgaming7225]

Instead of an edit, i make a second comment.. for engagement ;) I could listen you talk about poker hands for hours..

[@coolbeans8682]

Good video. Please keep 'em coming!

[@peterbrottman7187]

Excellent as the onther two you put up! Keep'em coming plz :)

[@SvenCallsSoRare]

Please plug in more turn overbets for future sims. I feel like they are the most natural. Sweet content

[@iudicus]

good work, keep em coming. Can you try to reduce the static in your mic a bit?

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Ive just been using my laptop mic lol. Maybe I'll invest in an actual mic.

[@AdrianWan]

Seriously awesome, and I like how you used the solver to factor in some exploitative knowledge. Keep it up!!

[@andersonnascimento4285]

Great content! Great video! Great analysis!

[@woywoy112]

Love the channel mate. Any chance you could suggest the specs a laptop would need to run pio smoothly? I’ve checked out Pio’s website but looking for some personal inputs too

[@bildrwic3]

I have Pio and you only need 2 things. A decent proceasor (i5, preferably a new gen i7) and at least 16GB RAM. I had 8GB when i bought Pio but when you work with wide ranges it wont be enough.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

I would get 32gb ram. I have to trim inputs especially when the ranges are wider.

[@kevingillespie8145]

Confused at 6:15. PIO favors having Ad for a pot size bet as he blocks NFD. However, my faulty thinking is that if he is blocking the NFD, he should favor betting smaller as he dominates the other range more and there is less to deny from. How am I wrong here? Thanks, great video as always.

[@m.vanrooij3300]

you're not wrong at all. blocking Ad means you should in fact bet smaller, or with a smaller frequency, since less combo's that you beat can call you now. So i do not agree with the statement that that is the reason to bet big; i'd even say it should be the exact opposite. but yh, pio decides through whole ranges, not just single hands, so that EV for both players equals around 0.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

I think it does make sense in some situations to bet larger when not holding the flush blocker because it makes it more likely that your opponent has a flush draw that will call a large bet. Understanding what PIO is doing with blockers/unblockers is one of the trickiest things because I think there are so many variables involved, PIO will use them differently depending on the situation.

[@m.vanrooij3300]

Is It GTO Im not sure If you thought that the combo were talking about had or did not have the Ad. It looks like you make a counter argument as if we said that it makes sense to bet bigger with the Ad in our hand. But If not the case, then all of us are on the same line; that we should bet smaller Because villain can have more fd combo’s, which was not in line with What Pio wants to do most of the time

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Pio is saying to bet bigger. I am just speculating on the reason why. Perhaps holding the Ad is viewed as less risky justifying a bigger bet in a 3b pot and with the flop checked. However the EVs of all the options are very close so I wouldn't get too caught up on it.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

That was my thought as well.

[@janus11]

Why is the solver betting bigger more frequently with the A of diamonds (when holding AJ)? My first thought was to bet bigger with the other suits, to get value from Axdd. Or is it for some kind of pot control to bet bigger less frequently with the other suits? If Axdd hits, you won't lose that big of a pot?? Thinking out loud

[@cassurai]

Excellent analysis BTW don't hesitate to pull out some interesting online hands by Linus and other GTO beasts as well!

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Probably will do a MTT reviews for next couple vids but I definitely plan to throw in online cash as well.

[@Yessirdo]

He’s checking qj because it’s low in his range and he can’t bet 3 streets with this hand

[@johnhashem7957]

6:12 - i do not understand how having Ad makes you want to bet larger. Wouldn't unblocking Ad make you want to bet larger as you can target that part of his range? Or is the assumption that Linus would fold AdX vs a large bet on the turn here -- meaning that a large bet actually targeting Jx / combo draws?

[@lornarcos8691]

Why would Pio Solver like a pot size bet on the turn if you have the ace of diamonds? If they have flush draws it makes your equity a lot higher, so you want them to have them. Bigger bets will force those hands out sometimes. Unless it makes them jam a lot after that bet too? Also let me know if I can message you some questions about hands would be great.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Holding the Ace of diamonds gives you more equity because it blocks a number of Linus' flushes which have decent equity against trip jacks. I agree that if Linus has a flush draw it would make it more likely for Linus to call on the other hand, but I think in this spot after the checked flop, PIO is focusing more on building the pot so it emphasizes the equity advantage over whether or not your opponent has a hand that can call. Also its a 3b pot so Linus should not have junk here.

[@lornarcos8691]

@@FindingEquilibrium Okay. What does Pio say to do about pocket pairs 22-77 in all positions in a 9 handed game?

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Not sure I understand. Are you talking about preflop?

[@lornarcos8691]

@@FindingEquilibrium Yes.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Pio doesn't have multiway solver preflop.

[@zyzzmirincomeatme]

Thanks a lot for these videos. Anyone know where I can find the direct link to this specific tournament, and if Linus has more hands played there? I want to see more hands from him, but my searches just bring me to links of 8 +hrs, but can´t seem to find any more hands of him (from this tournament, not talking the96o etc from the other torunament).

[@FindingEquilibrium]

kzbin.info/aero/PLy4KWtJrf3UrCjk6GCHiDQVhHIE7XKWQN. I Think he plays in the 3 nlh events.

[@hieutr93]

You are insane! Keep up the good work! :)

[@mightypensword]

on the turn, you say the EV of calling vs raising run pretty close together. where do you see that in PIO? great vids, thanks!

[@FindingEquilibrium]

If you look at the right hand of the solver there is a button for "Strategy + EV". After you click that, you can put your mouse over the holding you want to analyze and in the bottom right hand corner it will show up in the matrix, showing the EV of each possible option.

[@mightypensword]

@@FindingEquilibrium thank you

[@arfa9601]

I suspect it’s due to the way your code models the range distribution not the GTO. Just a thought. Nice analysis bro.

[@joshmccully8230]

Is there anyway you’d be interesting in doing a step by step process of how to run the sims in the most optimal way. I’m sure a lot of people would appreciate this 🔥 awesome content aswell bud

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Yeah I was thinking about that. May do something like that in the future if more people ask.

[@andreybiryulin7207]

@@FindingEquilibrium I want such vid too

[@ebbflow4591]

Amazing content!! Keep it up!!!

[@adean4146]

no, he had a real feeling that computers can not comprehend,

[@steffievasilialeondis7162]

very good effort man, kudos

[@yg-cp8hl]

Would you do analysis of hands played on the 2+2 high stakes thread?

[@joeebanks646]

what made you decide to start this channel? You are doing such a fantastic job. I have never been able to apply a solver to my game, and always just been a feel player. Maybe this year that will change, with your excellent and easy to understand videos. Thanks man, good luck in the future!

[@joeebanks646]

hilarious stuff too!!!

[@omertavori3723]

Great stuff bro, subscribed.

[@jonathangrolms2909]

Thank you so much for your channel! I have one question on the turn: pio do prefer a full pot bet with AJ combos containing ace of diamond because it blocks nut flush draw in linus shoes. Some how sounds to me strange because this large bet could value this nut flush draw on the turn. So if we somehow block one part of the calling range that we want to value/ protect , i don't understand easily the choice of the solver. Thank you.

[@frankgrimeson]

I thought the same thing. I'll phrase it differently. If you bet a quarter pot into a flush draw then you're giving the flush draw much closer to proper odds to call, which means its call won't be much of a mistake. So I would think that if you're blocking flush draws, only then would you want to bet smaller (because your opponent will have far fewer outs). But I think what is going on here is that if you block flush draws, then your opponent is more likely to be calling with a J, which means they will be able to call a larger bet size. If you bet full pot into a flush draw it will fold and you gain 0 EV from the bet.

[@TimeToChangeLife]

wow mindblowing, best free poker content out there, keep it going please :)

[@MaximusMerideus]

Great vid mate. TY for all this excellent content. I would love to see a video of Linus making mistakes, it seems you learn more from seeing errors and figuring out how to correct them. Then again, maybe I'm just an idiot and this is a dumb idea?

[@BAlvn-yr6ej]

one question: does PIO have seperate modes for cash and tournament play?

[@srki22]

I think that Linus played GTO on the river because there are ICM considerations. If it was cash, he would probably shove the river. Nevertheless, very good content. Subscribed.

[@alexneagu7149]

@Danny Edwardo 0

[@dgcfgfgfgffgf]

Love these videos. Shouldnt AJo be a fold pre though?

[@tommasodilena4971]

Not against linus 3b range made by a5s qjs kjs k9s

[@FindingEquilibrium]

I think an argument could be made. I know that for pokersnowie, when a person is 3bet in later positions, AJo is called, but if its in earlier position, then pokersnowie will advise to fold.

[@Johnny-cz2wv]

Easy fold vs +1

[@martinrobins5196]

yea thanks , your vids are very good.

[@alexleach4002]

This is great... Where are you based out of? I run Seven Deuce Club in Lubbock Texas if you ever looking for a game.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Thanks. I am in los angeles.

[@alexleach4002]

Have you considered putting this behind a subscriber wall where you have to pay to see it. You might not have many people willing to pay to watch it but those of us that are serious enough about poker to want to watch it in the first place would likely pay to see it. This is prime content for serious players.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Thanks. I don't really have any plans for that as of now. Poker is my obsession but I have a full time job and am a rec player.

[@leosigursson6044]

Quality content. Keep it up!

[@Tomasz_Siwiec]

Again great one, thanks !

[@whotookmybadjas]

If having the Ad on the river means overbetting, doesn't that turn trips into a bluff? o.0

[@FindingEquilibrium]

I don't think it was a bluff, its just high up in the distribution when blocking the flush and also Linus should not have too many full houses either so trips with top kicker is close to nuts

[@OsefKincaid]

@@FindingEquilibrium I wonder what Pio wants to call as Linus against the overbet there, have you checked that?

[@whotookmybadjas]

​@@FindingEquilibrium So then it must assume that Linus's range is J-heavy and he must call often enough as long as OOP blocks the nut flush?

[@skusumawidjaja1990]

Should you use GTO at lower stakes cashgames like 5/10/25nl?????? or higher???

[@lionelb6411]

I don't get how he choosed the initial range for Larsen. He says it comes from snowie but in no world preflop snowie advisor gives such a large range for an UTG calling vs a HJ 3bet. Calling 65s oop? Cmon. I probably missed smthing ? Plz someone explains :-p

[@stoyanmadanzhiev9176]

Great Job. Keep going

[@trentwalker9094]

Im loving these videos thanks! Issac Haxton would make for some intresting vids too

[@FindingEquilibrium]

agreed

[@whitexexe]

Grreat job, ty for doing this

[@uaitteus]

Amazing work! Pio is great but without your inputs and commentaries, thiss video wouldn't be that nice

[@dennissespin8530]

whats the software do you use to calculate odds?

[@ralphvandereb66]

so Linus has PIO completely registered in his brain, a photographic memory seems to be required these days, the edge getting slimmer and simmer.

[@bigpotpoker1]

Why can't he have AA/KK? Does he 4b 100% with them?

[@elon_m]

usually yes to stack opponents TT+ AK+

[@bigpotpoker1]

@@elon_m stfu

[@uniquelolapps983]

@@bigpotpoker1 depends on the stack sizes, on this tournament with those stack sized it would be very much profitable to light 4bet

[@edwardhalmarack7122]

When u fold weak q highs vs utg raise is losing minimum. What hands are you ahead of?

[@FindingEquilibrium]

not sure I understand

[@edwardhalmarack7122]

Is It GTO qj is ahead of jack ten and queen ten those 2 hands are the only hands you beat from a utg raise. Easy fold pre = losing the minimum.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

I think you could fold, but I dont think calling or raising are bad options either. QJs can be dominated but it also has good postflop playability. Seems if you fold all QJs to a raise from MP (6 max), you can be exploited.

[@edwardhalmarack7122]

@@FindingEquilibrium oh i didnt realise it was 6 max. i assumed it was 8-9 handed. but i dont really see you getting exploited, the utg raiser would have to be raising a huge % vpip and then you can adapt your range accordingly. i dont mind flatting or 3 betting qj suited in position vs opener but i just mean losing the minimum is to get out preflop for free with literally 0 chips invested. how wide does the solver say you should be opening 6 max this deep?

[@edwardhalmarack7122]

you said the solver checks 99% of its range here? to me that makes no sense i would be betting closer to 99% of my range when taking the lead in position in a 3 bet pot. this is standard poker theory you can literally 3 bet any 2 cards at the correct frequency but you have to fire a high % as they are going to miss the flop more than 50% of the time. that was old school logic anyway.

[@zeffmayes9716]

Gracias mi amigo

[@MrAwesomenes5]

Holy shit this is so awesome

[@jonasbrisard869]

Thank you for this awesome video! Could you do some high stakes online cash reviews of 100bb deep?

[@FindingEquilibrium]

I plan to soon.

[@entropyl3i]

Endboss Linus！

[@lwendel1]

River brings the Flush besides all the other Hands he could lose to. How could he raise that river would be more interesting question. Just call is just right, nothing above it.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

And yet the solver says to bet - i think because the pot is relatively small (no bet on flop, .5p bet on turn and .24p bet on river). I think if you play passive any time a flush gets there you are losing a lot of EV in the long run.

[@lwendel1]

But if you raise here you only get called by better hands. Which worse hands would call here besides J 10 suited, recognizing pre flop action?

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Solver says to call a raise with many two pair hands. If you don't call, you are overfolding and your opponent can print money by bluffing you.

[@glennhagstedt]

i don´t get it, why would anyone raise in this spot? i always just call here.

[@robbiusdobbius8895]

awesome video. keep up the great content!

[@afilador9451]

Ty for ur job

[@manum4352]

This players remember what pio solver does in each hand? How does it works this?

[@tazplay3476]

Great!

[@4KNatureandCityWalks]

I knew that chansey avatar was not for show

[@taigastyle]

Nice content

[@prasg1186]

"Reality is, chips you save from losing has as much value as those you win" -FE

[@callumross2799]

Awesome vid! Any chnce you could analyse his T7 jam vs O'dwyer's J9 on the 4 straight board at the same triton series?

[@FindingEquilibrium]

I don't recall that hand. Do you remember which event/day it was?

[@callumross2799]

​@@FindingEquilibrium Its at 1:50:27 on kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXuWkqOCdreSn8U, was really surprised when he shoved in stead of calling turn

[@MrRomanvideo]

Nice!

[@missclik1419]

it s not logic w the Ad to bt pot cause of the flasdraws equity ..but THE OPPOSITE .. unless if im missunderstuding something..

[@FindingEquilibrium]

I'm just the messenger. PIO says to pot it, probably because the flop was checked and its a 3b hand so the solver is more focused on building the pot with more equity.

[@missclik1419]

@@FindingEquilibrium ...u r not telling the message ...u just makink your assumptions and agian with all the respect and cautiousness ( cause i didnot looked deep in to it)i think u missinterpreting the message of the solver..i know that its simply and easy just to say that but we would need days in order to analyze it ..key concept is to find the balance with all the " context actions" so bto be unexploit but that means first u need to have the blueprint of the nash eq.( the basic strategies which deviating from them=explotability) and takiing one hand and try to analyze it like this = not possible

[@FindingEquilibrium]

of course everything is considered in context. i never said always bet with flush draw blocker. we are talking about this particular context.

[@missclik1419]

@@FindingEquilibrium ok..thanks for the videos anyway.. can you do plo video ?

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Unfortunately I do not do PLO

[@Shaggi0209]

Well he played millions of hands and won millions of dollars. If there is anyone who can play near perfect strategy, it’s him. Linus=goat

[@KamratKamala]

I don't think he bet small on river to induce. I believe he did it because he thought Linus was weak. Not claiming that's the correct play though.

[@prisonmike3665]

The river saved him.