Poker Strategy Basics: GTO, Ranges, Bankroll

Strategy fundamentals behind modern poker software: what GTO means, how preflop ranges are built, and bankroll management for cash and tournaments.

Three foundations. Game theory optimal play, because it is what solvers compute and what bots approximate. Preflop ranges, because they are the most learnable part of the game and the part where software is strongest. Bankroll management, because no strategy survives playing too high.

These are starting points, not a course. Each page links to the tools and reviews that take the subject further.

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Bankroll Management for Poker

How much bankroll poker needs for cash games and tournaments, why variance sets the number, rules for moving stakes, and bankroll for a bot.