Game Configuration

Before running any simulation in the Strategies section, you need to define the exact scenario you want to study. The Game Configuration menu is where you set up every variable: game type, stack depth, preflop action, and board texture. A precise configuration ensures accurate and relevant solver results.

Finding the Configuration Menu

At the top of the Strategies page, you’ll find the configuration controls.
These include options for:

• Simulation type
• Poker site
• Blinds
• Stakes
• Player count
• Stack depth

Set these before building your preflop and postflop actions.

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Set key variables like poker site, player count, and stack size before running your simulation.

Picking Your Simulation Type

Start with the simulation type, since it determines how the solver runs your analysis.

• Precision - Delivers the most accurate GTO solution but takes longer to compute.
• Expand - Runs faster, offering a close GTO approximation.
• Preflop Only - Solves only the preflop action, skipping postflop entirely.

If you’re unsure which one fits your goal, review Simulation Types or What Simulations Are Available in Each Type for guidance.

Site and Blinds Setup

Select your poker site from the dropdown menu. This setting isn’t cosmetic -different sites use unique rake structures, which significantly affect optimal strategy.

If your site isn’t listed, choose NoRake to analyze pure GTO play without rake effects.

Then choose your blind structure.

• Regular blinds represent standard cash-game setups.
• Ante blinds include antes, which widen opening ranges and alter 3-bet frequencies.

Stakes, Players, and Stack Depth

Next, define the specific game environment:

• Stake - Select your actual stake level. The solver adjusts for rake at different stakes.
• Players - Choose the number of players (2 to 9). You can analyze heads-up, 6-max, or full-ring play.
• Stack Size - Enter the effective stack in big blinds. Stack depth has a major influence on optimal strategy.

Examples:

• A 150bb 6-max game plays much deeper and slower than a 30bb one.
• A 15bb setup is ideal for short-stack or tournament study.

This flexibility allows you to replicate almost any poker situation you want to explore.

Building the Preflop Action

Once the parameters are ready, use the preflop action builder to recreate the situation you want to analyze.

Alternative text: FlopHero preflop configuration menu showing open, 3-bet, and call options.
Caption: Example of setting up preflop actions before running a simulation.

Example setups:

• UTG opens, Button 3-bets, UTG calls (standard 3-bet pot)
• UTG opens, MP calls, Cutoff decides what to do (cold call situation)

Click through the action sequence until it matches your target scenario.

Adding Board Cards for Postflop Spots

For postflop simulations, select the board cards that define the situation. Choose your flop, and if needed, add turn or river cards.

Alternative text: FlopHero board card selector for choosing flop, turn, and river textures.
Caption: Example of setting up board cards for postflop analysis.

You can analyze any texture, from simple dry boards to complex coordinated ones.
Examples:

• Top pair on a two-tone board
• River play after a flush completes

Once your cards are chosen, click Apply to lock the setup.

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Choose board cards to define your postflop scenario and analyze specific textures.

Putting It All Together

With Game Configuration, you can build nearly any poker scenario you want to study.
Once your setup is complete, the solver runs and displays results in The Table and The Matrix, the same tools used in the GTO Replayer.

If you need to access a specific hand or spot quickly, use Syntax Search to jump straight to it instead of rebuilding configurations manually.