Two skills you must develop to beat no limit hold’em single table tournaments are:

1. The ability to put your opponents on fairly accurate hand ranges.
2. Knowing the correct action to take based on the current game parameters.

The SitNGo Wizard can teach you skill number 2. Unfortunately, skill number 1 can only be learned through experience. It is important to understand that your ability to determine the correct action to take is only as good as your ability to estimate opponent hand ranges. The SitNGo Wizard evaluates push/fold decisions based on the opponent hand ranges it is given. If the opponent hand ranges are wrong, the Wizard’s advice is likely to be wrong.

The SitNGo Wizard uses a feature called opponent modeling to estimate opponent hand ranges based on player actions, stack sizes, and position. Opponent modeling is intended to provide a rough starting point for opponent hand ranges. This feature is extremely dangerous if you do not understand that the estimated hand ranges may not be accurate. The software simply does not have enough information to make accurate estimates in all situations.

Every week I see messages posted on various poker message boards that say something like “SngWiz told me to fold AK!” without giving any opponent hand ranges. The author of the message has usually concluded that the Wizard gives bad advice and cannot be trusted. The real problem is most likely that the author does not understand that the opponent hand range estimates are not correct for the hand in question.

When reviewing a hand in the Wizard always make sure the opponent hand ranges are reasonable. They are easy to change. Just click on the opponent model to pick a different model or click on the hand range itself.

In summary, failure to review the estimated opponent hand ranges will cost you money!