How EV Modeling Refines Your Poker Decisions · S8E2
From The Official Red Chip Poker Podcast by Red Chip Poker
January 20, 2026 · 27 min · Season 8 · Episode 2
About this episode
This episode discusses how EV modeling can enhance poker decision-making through various practical methods.
Playing #poker well can be viewed as making the highest-EV decision at every opportunity. In some situations, such as facing an all-in, calculating EV is relatively trivial. But what about more complex situations, particularly on early streets, where the EV formula is hard to apply? Enter EV modeling; an approach that estimates the EV of different actions by modeling multiple branches of the game tree. In this episode of the Red Chip Poker podcast, coach w34z3l presents several practical EV modeling methods so you can optimize your poker decisions. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction to EV Modeling 0:23 What is EV Modeling? 3:15 Tools for EV Modeling 3:33 CardRunners EV (CREV) 6:02 Limitations of CREV 8:29 Excel and Spreadsheets 10:52 Solvers and EV Modeling 13:01 Why Solvers Don't Work for Exploitative EV 13:38 Node-Locking Misconception 17:07 The Ideal EV Modeling Tool 20:10 Practical EV Modeling Examples 24:56 Managing Model Complexity 25:30 Conclusion and Next Steps **RELATED LINKS** - Join Red Chip PRO Now: https://redchippoker.com/pro-membership - The Exploitative Edge (Book): https://redchippoker.com/the-exploitative-edge - Poker Mastery 101 (Course)…
People in this episode
Host: Red Chip Poker
Guest: w34z3l
Topics covered
- EV modeling
- poker strategy
- decision making
- game theory
- optimization
Keywords
- EV modeling
- poker decisions
- game tree
- poker strategy
- optimization methods
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Exploitative Edge, Poker Mastery 101, Poker Strategy Math Every Pro Knows
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