New Cash Single Raise Pots GTO Trainer Pack Released

I'm excited to announce that my new GTO Trainer Cash Games SRP pack has been released and is now available for purchase in the Simple GTO Trainer software which you can download for free here: http://simplepoker.com/en/Solutions/Simple_GTO_Trainer.  This pack includes drills and full games for single raised pots for SB vs BB, UTG/HJ/CO/BTN vs BB, UTG/HJ/CO vs BTN, all with multiple preflop raise sizes and in my opinion is the most time effective and cost effective way to master single raised pot play in NLHE cash games.  The pack is $99 and does not require that you own any additional software

For more details check out the video below:

GTO Trainer Updates and Play Mode Tutorial

The Simple Postflop team has been hard at work improving GTO Trainer so I made a new tutorial video showing off some of the new features.  They've also added a bunch of new pre-computed solution packs that are fully stand-alone (so you don't need Pio or SPF at all) for MTTs, Spin and Go's, HU Cash, 3-bet pots, etc.  The packs are all in the range of $50-$150 making them the by far the most cost effective way to learn GTO play in your game type of choice.

In addition to releasing new packs, the "regular" games in GTO Trainer packs can now be used in "play" mode which lets you continue to play out the hand even after making a non-GTO play.  This means that the software now shows you your showdown and non-showdown winnings by hand, session and in aggregate which can be a useful way to spot if you are playing to passively or to aggressively relative to GTO.

Some other new features include some quality of life improvements such as table layouts, displaying bet sizes in BBs, etc as well as the ability to play entire hands from preflop through to the river which I show how to set up in this tutorial.

If you're interested you can download the software for free here: http://simplepoker.com/en/Solutions/?partner=gtorangebuilder

Deliberate Practice in Poker and GTO Trainer

As both a poker player, poker coach, competitive tennis player, magic the gathering player, and starcraft player I've always believe that deliberate practice is the key differentiating factor that separates "good" players from elite players.  Games like tennis or chess have very natural easy ways for a player to deliberately isolate and practice specific skills either alone or with a partner, but in the poker world deliberate practice has always been quite difficult.

If you wanted to hone your play in BB vs BTN, 3-bet pots, that might be a situation that would only come up in a dozen hands over the course of an hour or two, and the variance in the results would make it hard to systematically analyze and improve your play without weeks worth of hand data and hours of analysis.

Over the last year I've been working with the SimplePostflop team to solve this problem with a new piece of software called GTO Trainer.  In my latest video I talk about the theory and impact of deliberate practice and how to execute it with GTO trainer, check it out below.

GTO trainer lets anyone deliberately practice specific scenarios repeatedly and hone specific skills with real time feedback.  The program is free to download and integrates with either Piosolver or SimplePostflop.  You can also purchase any of my stand-alone solution packs (including my brand new 3-bet pots pack) and start training against them in a matter of minutes.

Some screen shots:

GTO Trainer also gives you aggregated session results and range composition analysis:

If you're interested you can download the software for free here: http://simplepoker.com/en/Solutions/?partner=gtorangebuilder