[User Guide] GTO Solver
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By Using NTPoker, you can quickly and easily view GTO strategies. Using this feature, you can check the game-theory optimal strategy for various situations.
Table of Contents
Settings
Basic Settings
In this screen, you can set the conditions to display the GTO solution. As solutions are added with app updates, the category options will expand. (As of September 2024, the available categories are Cash, 6Max, and 100BB only.)
Select Your Hand
By turning this button ON, you can specify your own hand to view the GTO strategy. In this mode, the solution view will be based on action types rather than range types. For more details on each viewing type, click here.
Load Saved Solutions
You can load solutions previously saved by the user. For details on how to save solutions and related features, click here.
Solutions Viewer
There are two different UIs you can choose from to view GTO strategies. One is the range-focused UI (Range Type), and the other is the action-focused UI (Action Type). During gameplay, these UIs are linked, and you can switch between them as needed.
For intermediate and advanced players, we recommend the Range Type UI, which is designed for range analysis. However, for beginners or those just starting with poker, we suggest using the Action Type UI, which helps you get a better sense of action choices and decision-making. In the Action Type UI, you can specify your hand and proceed with actions.
Range Type
When the “Select Hand” switch is OFF in the settings, you can use the Range Type view. In this mode, you can view range charts for specific situations.
Viewing Ranges
The range chart displays information about the strategy for each hand.
Each cell in the range chart represents a specific group of hands. For suited hands, a cell represents 4 combinations, for offsuit hands 12 combinations, and for pocket pairs 6 combinations. For example, the AA cell includes AhAc, AhAd, AhAs, AcAd, AcAs, AdAs.
By default, the strategy for the situation is displayed, showing the action composition for each hand group. The colors for each action are displayed in the center of the screen.
The range displayed corresponds to the player indicated by the purple frame on the control panel.
Switching Views
You can change the displayed elements to any information of your choice. By default, strategies are shown, but you can change this by tapping the dropdown. For preflop, you can switch between Strategy and Weight, and for postflop, you can choose from Strategy, EQ, EV, EQR, and Weight.
| Display Element | Description |
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| Shows actions with colors. The width represents action frequency, and the height represents Weight. |
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| Displays the remaining number of combos as a percentage. |
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| Displays equity strength, with green indicating high and orange indicating low. |
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| Displays EV strength, with green being high and orange being low. , EV is calculated based on the weighted average for each action. |
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| Displays EQR strength, with green indicating high and orange indicating low. |
Detailed Information
By tapping a cell in the range chart, you can view detailed information about each hand group.
In preflop, since there are no differences in actions for individual hands within a group (no action differences based on suits), the information displayed is for the hand group, not individual hands. The information includes the action frequency and EV (if available).
In postflop, information is displayed for each individual hand within the hand group, including the action composition, EV, EQ, EQR, and the number of combos.
Filtering Actions
The frequency of actions shown reflects the frequency of that action for the entire range.
By tapping on an action, you can filter the range chart to display only that action. This filtering also applies to the analysis information at the bottom of the screen. For details on analysis, click here.
Action Selection
You can input the player’s actions. The action choices are limited to those that have a non-zero frequency in the GTO strategy. Players who act before the player entering an action will be automatically folded. After each round of actions is completed, the system will automatically proceed to the board selection screen. For details on board selection, click here.
If the solution being viewed does not contain range data, action input will be skipped and treated as a fold. For example, when viewing a 2-way solution, if the second player’s action is input, players who act tapping the position of a past player, you can check the range without selecting an action.
You can collapse the control panel by sliding it down. When collapsed, only node changes are possible. You can uncollapse it by sliding it up.
Board Selection
After the actions for each round are completed, the system will move to the board selection screen. Once the board is selected, you can modify it by tapping the board section of the action control panel.
From the turn onward, by tapping the “EQ for Each Card” button, you can view the equity if those cards appear on the board. You can also select board cards by tapping the relevant cells. Additionally, you can change the position for viewing equity using the dropdown menu.
Duplicating the Range Chart
You can duplicate the selected range chart and view two charts simultaneously. The display elements can be customized individually for each range chart.
Adding Players
This feature becomes available post-flop. You can compare the range charts of yourself and your opponent in specific situations. However, for players not actively selecting actions, either EQ or Weight from previous actions will be displayed.
Hand Type
When the “Select Your Hand” switch is turned ON in the settings screen, you can use the hand-type view.
Hand and Position Settings
You can select your position and hand. Once a position is selected, a table of selectable hand groups will be displayed. By tapping on a cell in the table, you can select individual hands within that hand group. Additionally, you can tap the “Proceed with Range” button in the top-right corner to proceed without selecting a specific hand.
Changing Hand and Position
By tapping the box that displays your hand and position, you can change both. Only active players can select their position, and only hands that are still possible based on the previous action combinations (hands within the range) will be displayed.
Game Status
The game status is displayed in a table at the top of the screen. As the actions progress, the information in the table is updated accordingly.
Action Selection
By tapping on the action choices, you can select an action and continue the game. You can also change previously selected actions by tapping a different action. When an action is changed, all subsequent actions will be reset.
If you want to check the game situation at the time a previous action was selected, you can do so by tapping the position.
As for preflop information, it will collapse once the round is over. Even in the collapsed state, you can still check the action transitions. However, you can tap the down arrow icon to display the detailed preflop action history that is hidden.
About Action Choices
The action choices are displayed in the order of action, action frequency, and the EV of that action. EV is only displayed if a hand is set. If a hand is set, the displayed information is for a hand, while the information will be based on the range.
Viewing the Range Chart
By tapping the magnifying glass icon next to the position, you can display the range chart for that situation. You can also change the displayed information from the dropdown menu.
Feedback
You can check the EV loss for each round based on the selected action, as well as the total EV loss.
By tapping the “Reset” button, all actions will be reset, and the state will return to the initial situation (UTG pre-flop action).
Analysis Features
You can view four types of analysis information from the tab in the center of the right-side image. When the control panel is up, only basic information is visible. By sliding the control panel down, you can access more detailed analysis information. You can switch between these types of analysis information by switching tabs or sliding horizontally.
Table
In the Table tab, you can check the status of the game. You cannot interact with this table. The range of the player highlighted in purple is displayed.
Filter
In the Filter tab, the hands in the range are classified according to different elements, and you can see the percentage of each element within the entire range and their action composition.
You can choose the classification axis from Rank, Draw, or EQ categories.
Based on the selected axis, the hands in the range are classified by elements. For example, if you choose Rank as the axis, the hands will be categorized into elements like one pair, high card, etc.
The action composition for each classified element is displayed horizontally, and the action composition for each hand (shown in the Strategy part of the hand tab) is displayed vertically.
By reviewing this information, you can analyze the structure of the range and strategic trends objectively.
Switching Displays
By default, the action composition gauge is displayed based on the percentage of combos each element represents within the entire range. For example, if one pair accounts for 49.8% of the entire range, the width of the one-pair gauge will be about half (49.8/100). By switching the display mode, you can expand the width of the gauge to its maximum.
Filtering the Range
By tapping on each element, you can filter the display information to show only that element. You can select multiple elements simultaneously. The analysis information and range display are also subject to filtering. By tapping the “Clear Filter” button, you can remove all filters. Filters will remain active even when switching between tabs.
If you set the number of displayed players to 2 at the top of the screen, you can compare both players. You can compare the percentage of hands for each element between both players. As with one player, you can select filter elements by tapping.
Hands
You can view a detailed list of each hand. Hands are sorted in descending order of EQ, and you can see the action composition, combo count, EQ, and EV for each hand. For example, the 9s9c hand raises about 60% of the time and calls about 40%.
EQ Graph
You can compare the EQ of each player’s range. The hands in each player’s range are arranged along the horizontal axis in ascending order of EQ, and the EQ of each hand is shown on the vertical axis. By displaying both players, you can compare range vs range EQ relatively.
Saving Solutions
Saving
You can save specific situations and review them later.
When saving, you can leave a comment to record what discoveries or insights you gained from that situation. Saved comments can be edited from the saved solutions in the settings screen.
Sharing
You can share saved solutions. Copy the link to the clipboard and share it via any tool. Please ensure the recipient has the NTPoker app installed. Also, make sure to use your default browser when opening the link.
Filtering
You can filter the saved solutions. The filter conditions can be saved using the “Save” button and loaded using the “Load” button. Frequently used filter conditions can be saved to avoid setting them up every time.
Deleting
Saved solutions can be deleted by sliding the relevant solution in the list view.