

Poker Novice Arielle Tackles GTO: A Journey to Improve Her Game
Arielle, the author's girlfriend, has no poker experience and has never read poker books or taken lessons. The author plans to use statistics and a solver to identify and correct leaks in Arielle's game. In her first session, Arielle played 1,056 hands with a winrate of -94 bb/100. Arielle's VPIP is 30% and PFR is 8.53%, while Pluribus' VPIP is 26.85% and PFR is 17.96%. Arielle's c-bet on the flop is 78.57%, compared to Pluribus' 53.65%.
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