Ask Dieter - Senior GTO Consultant, The Bunker (Berlin)
Meet the Coaches
Every coach draws from the same ClarityPoker knowledge base — solver ranges, cluster narratives, and hand archetypes. The difference is how they deliver it.
Dieter
GTO Enforcer
Senior GTO consultant from “The Bunker” in Berlin. Clinical, condescending, darkly funny. Uses scientific and anatomical vocabulary for poker concepts. Never encourages — merely observes that you have met minimum standards.
“Human emotion is flabby. Math is tight. Efficiency is beauty.”
“Touch my solver.”
Sally
Mindset & Performance Coach
Practical, evidence-based coach who has been in the trenches. Coached dozens of players through the exact same leaks. Warm but direct — finds the real problem and names it.
“The math is the map. Your job is to help the player read it. Feelings are data too, but they don’t override the solver.”
“Trust the range.”
Player Profiles
ClarityPoker classifies every player on three axes. Upload stats and see where the leaks are — no cute names, just the exploit.
Preflop
How wide does this player open? Based on VPIP.
Tight
VPIP BELOW 20%
Folds too much preflop. Steal their blinds wide — they give up almost everything. When they raise or 3-bet, respect it — they have a real hand.
Balanced
VPIP 20–30%
Standard opening range. No easy preflop exploits — focus on postflop edges and position.
Loose
VPIP ABOVE 30%
Plays too many hands. Tighten up and value bet wider — they call with junk. Size up your raises. Do not try to outplay them preflop.
Streets
How aggressive are they postflop? Based on Aggression Factor.
Passive
AF BELOW 1.5
Folds to aggression. C-bet relentlessly — they fold without the goods. When they raise or call multiple streets, believe them and get out.
Balanced
AF 1.5–2.5
Standard postflop aggression. No easy exploit — play straightforward and let position and hand selection do the work.
Aggressive
AF ABOVE 2.5
Barrels too wide. Call down lighter than normal — let them bluff into you. Check strong hands to induce. Do NOT try to outbluff them.
Showdown
Do they win when they get to showdown? Based on WTSD × (1 − W$SD/100).
Rags
HIGH SHOWDOWN LOSSES
Loses at showdown — their hand selection is poor or they call too much. Value bet thin, never bluff. Punish them with any made hand.
Balanced
AVERAGE SHOWDOWN QUALITY
Standard showdown quality. No obvious exploit here — look at preflop and street axes for edges.
Nuts
LOW SHOWDOWN LOSSES
Wins at showdown — only shows up with strong hands. Do not call down light. When they put money in, they usually have it. Respect their river bets.
Bot Detection
Bot
SAME PLAY, EVERY TIME
Detected separately from axes. Balanced VPIP, aggressive, wins at showdown, and a big c-bet flop-to-turn drop. Float the flop with position, then bet when they check the turn. The turn reveals hand strength.
Cluster Explorer
Click a cluster to highlight its hands on the range grid. Every hand in poker belongs to exactly one cluster.
Heuristic
Story
Strong Boards
Danger Boards
Postflop
Glossary
Quick reference for ClarityPoker terminology and concepts.
Positions (8-max MTT)
Under the gun — first to act, tightest range. 7 players behind, any can 3-bet.
Nearly as tight as UTG. 6 players behind. A few more suited broadways but still playing scared of 3-bets.
Lojack — middle position. 5 players behind. Suited connectors and suited aces start appearing.
Hijack — 4 players behind. Range opens up with more suited aces, broadways, and connectors.
Cutoff — 3 players behind (BTN, SB, BB). Second-widest opening position. Near-position profits.
Button — best position. Act last on every postflop street. Widest opening range.
Small blind — worst postflop position. Act first every street. Must raise or fold.
Big blind — 1bb invested. Defends wide because of pot odds. Mostly calling, selective 3-betting.
Frequency Words
100% — play every combo. All 4 suited, all 12 offsuit, all 6 pairs.
67–75% — play most combos. Skip the magic suit.
50% — play half. Magic color for suited, magic suit for offsuit.
25–33% — play a small subset. Same-color pairs, magic-suit suited.
Stack Depths
≤10bb — shove or fold. No room for postflop play.
11–23bb — push/fold plus limited opens. Commit or fold preflop.
24–80bb — standard play. Full raise/call/fold decisions.
80bb+ — full postflop game. Implied odds and position matter most.
Common Terms
Raise First In — opening the pot with a raise when folded to you.
Voluntarily Put $ In Pot — percentage of hands you play (not counting blind posts).
Pre-Flop Raise — percentage of hands you raise preflop.
A re-raise over the initial raise. Used as a bluff or for value with premium hands.
Continuation bet — betting the flop after raising preflop. Leverages range advantage.
Your share of the pot based on your chance of winning at showdown.
The value gained when your bet makes the opponent fold. Bigger with weaker ranges.
The ratio of the current pot to the cost of calling. Determines if a call is profitable.
Stack-to-Pot Ratio — stack size divided by pot size on the flop. Low SPR = commit or fold.
Independent Chip Model — converts tournament chips to prize money equity. Changes optimal play near the bubble.
Expected Value — the average amount you win or lose per hand over the long run.
The set of all hands you could hold in a given spot. GTO poker is about playing ranges, not single hands.
About ClarityPoker
I'm an old software guy. I've spent 30 years building systems.
When I tried to learn modern poker theory — GTO ranges, solver outputs, frequency matrices — all I saw was pretty colors and math. Hundreds of hands, dozens of positions, thousands of decision nodes. No structure. No story. Just noise.
So I built one.
ClarityPoker organizes every starting hand into 25 named clusters across 7 families. Eagles and Peacocks. Justice League and Legion of Doom. Each cluster has a personality, a storyline, and a strategy you can actually remember at the table.
Instead of memorizing that A5s is a 3-bet bluff candidate with wheel and nut flush equity — you remember the Phoenix, the GTO bluffing engine that rises from the ashes.
Then I pointed an AI at real solver data and said: read this player's stats, compare them to what the solver says, and tell them where they're leaking — in plain language, with the clusters they already know.
That's ClarityPoker. Not a video library. Not a solver. A coaching tool that reads YOUR data and tells you YOUR leaks.
This is a beta. If you're here, someone invited you. I'd love your feedback.
— Bassguy1965
Built solo with Firebase, Vertex AI, Gemini, and Stripe.
30 years in software engineering, AI/ML systems, and data architecture. LinkedIn
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Preflop Ranges
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How to Export from PokerTracker 4
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