Author, coach and poker pro Michael Acevedo enters the GRID to talk about a hand that changed his life. The hand, in this case, was played by high roller beast Stevie Chidwick. Michael was a last minute invite to a study group that went over a high stakes sit and go hand history of Stevie’s. In the critical hand, Stevie called with 82o in the big blind against a button open. He faced a bet on a flop of Queen-Seven-Eight two tone, along with turn and river barrels. “If you’re folding there, you’re folding too much”, Michael blurted out. The room went silent. Later, Stevie and Michael independently confirmed his gut instinct, and Michael was invited as a regular, and core member of the star studded study group, which also included Apestyles and Elio Fox.

Michael’s background in physics and infographics allowed him to both learn the math behind poker game theory quickly, and to represent it beautifully for effective study. Michael and Jennifer discuss his concept of “equity buckets” and an iconic blind vs blind spot where eight deuce gets a rare chance to shine. They also discuss why Acevedo asserts that the essence of game theory is exploitation, and why he doesn’t think you can learn modern poker by “trial and error.”

Michael has over 2 Million dollars in online cashes and is the author of a renowned poker book, Modern Poker Theory: Building an Unbeatable Strategy Based on GTO principles. You can find him at @GTOPoker on twitter and Instagram and at twitch.tv/gto_poker.  

Now that Michael has covered eight-deuce offsuit, there are 123 combos left on thepokergrid.com.

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