Essential Pro
Ivan Banić
Ivan Banic uses the final table of a recent high stakes event to examine preflop ICM spots with the use of HRC.
Nov. 7, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic uses the solver to explore situations where leading the river is an option and seeks to build a range that is best suited for this play.
Oct. 23, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic explores the downstream implications of changing preflop ranges and how exploits may crop up as a result.
Oct. 5, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic examines postflop situations but does so in reverse beginning with the river and working backwards to figure out the best course of action.
Sept. 18, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic dives into a deep exploration of how ICM impacts our optimal preflop ranges when it comes to: opening, defending the BB, 3-betting and defending vs 3-bets.
Sept. 4, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic uses GTOW to explore how we should deviate our strategy when our opponents are not finding crucial flatting hands and how to best punish them for this mistake on different textures.
Aug. 18, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic utilizes ICMizer to explore how the shoving and calling thresholds change with changes to stack size.
July 31, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic uses PIO and GTOW to examine a 25bb deep single-raised pot where ICM is playing a critical role in the decision making process and discusses the ICM concepts you can take away from this hand.
July 20, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic uses GTOW to examine squeeze spots post flop which can prove quite profitable if mastered.
July 3, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic utilizes GTO Wizard to explore the reasons for limping when playing at short stack depths before diving into how to approach limped pots postflop.
June 12, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic breaks down the preflop and flop strategies for early position 3-bet pots when playing 100bb deep. You'll master the proper 3-betting and defense ranges and learn about the leading, c-betting, and check-raising patterns on different textures.
May 30, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic explores one of the most common situations in the game in BB v button 3B pots focusing on understanding the mechanics of the flop strategies at a stack depth of 60bbs.
May 15, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic looks at button vs small blind play in single-raised pots when 40bb deep and uses GTO Wizard to practice this spot and develop heuristics for success.
May 1, 2024 | 5 p.m.
With 10 players left in the Sunday Million you'll quickly find yourself in agonizing push/fold decisions that can make or cost you thousands of dollars in EV. Ivan Banic takes this spot as an example to explore various push/fold spots investigating how thresholds change with stack sizes, positions and varying chip distributions. Once you'll approach your next Sunday Million final table, you'll be ready to crush!
April 14, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic launches a study session on how to approach playing turns after the flop saw a check-raise utilizing an aggregated report to provide an effective overview of our betting frequency and sizing scheme on different turn cards. The configuartion explored is CO open vs a SB flat.
March 27, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic invites you to master your ability to find the correct bluffing, value-betting, and bluff-catching thresholds on the river when it's all about the third barrel. The video also covers exploitative adjustments, as well as how our strategy needs to shift in an ICM setting.
March 6, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic loads up four tables and discusses his thoughts in the various events which are at different stages and stack sizes making for interesting analysis of the differing approaches.
Feb. 25, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic picks up the action holding over 200BB's with the next closest opponent at the table holding just 44 and looks to capitalize on this on his march towards the final table.
Feb. 11, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic continues reviewing hands from his recent run
in the $162 bounty builder with a focus on how to play in small pots with wide ranges.
Jan. 31, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic takes a look at the hands from his recent run in the $162 bounty builder which sees a number of unique and interesting spots including multiway and deep-stacked play.
Jan. 14, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic utilizes the solver to node lock the big blind into no check raises and examines the best adjustments with the takeaways being applicable to other spots where player types have certain tendencies like this.
Dec. 24, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic explores a new tool in postflopizer to examine river decisions specifically at 60BB stacks in single-raised pots.
Dec. 10, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic grabs a few hands from recent tournaments where he may have messed up and pops them into the solver to see where he went wrong and what takeaways can be found to not repeat the same mistake in the future.
Nov. 23, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic continues to utilize the services of GTOW to examine the best lines at the very end of a tournament when you are HU for the title. In this second installment he focuses on limped pots at a stack depth of 30bbs, first exploring all posible preflop decisions that you can face after a limp before moving on to postflop play.
Nov. 8, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic runs through the strategy at 25BB effective in HU pots which is a key concept that gives you the leg up on your opponents at the point in the tournament when it matters most. This first installment focuses on single-raised pots.
Oct. 25, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic utilizes the services of GTO Wizard to study how to play button vs big blind in a 3-handed final table ICM setting. He touches on preflop ranges and teaches you the most crucial flop strategies with the help of an aggregated report.
Oct. 2, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic offers a study session to improve your preflop skills in the ICM stages of regular freezeout tournaments.
Sept. 3, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic utilizes the services of GTO Wizard to study various ICM preflop situations in an effort to pull some heuristics that we can easily implement for success on the tables.
July 23, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic utilizes Simple 3-Way to explore a common multiway pot scenario where HJ opens, SB flats and BB comes along. The analysis focuses on 80bb deep stacks representing the early stages of a tournament where players are prone to flatting preflop.
July 9, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Ivan Banic brings the third and final installment of this series picking up the action holding a middling stack as he looks to scoop some bounties on his way towards the final table.