GGPoker Partners With GTO Wizard for Add Real-Time Solver Analysis

How It Works — And Why It’s a Big Deal

Every week, the $10,300 buy-in GGMillion$ event brings some of the world’s top players to the final table, with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool and a loyal Twitch audience. Until now, the format has followed the standard model: cards up, commentators reacting, a few replays here and there. But this new layer changes the game.

For selected hands, GTO Wizard will provide live solver output, showing fans:

• The optimal action at each street
• The divergence between solver strategy and what the player actually did
• And, by implication, how close to “perfect” the world’s best are actually playing

It’s part educational tool, part fairness overlay. GGPoker says the tech “ensures the highest integrity on the game’s biggest stage,” adding a trust layer at a time when solver use — especially in real time — has been at the center of multiple high-profile controversies.

The commentary team, which on May 6 included Jeff Gross and Joey Ingram, will also be armed with GTO Wizard’s AI analysis, giving them more material to break down strategy in-depth — and more angles for explaining the brilliance (or blunders) on display.

Bridging the Gap Between Solver and Stream

GTO Wizard has become a go-to study platform for many high-stakes players since its launch in mid-2023. But it’s also part of a wider conversation — sometimes a tense one — about the role of solvers in modern poker.

Used properly, GTO tools help players improve away from the table. Used improperly, particularly in real time, they can cross into unethical territory — or worse, cheat detection zones. The Nacho Barbero–ACR situation earlier this year reignited those concerns, with many pros and fans alike weighing in on where the line should be.

This new integration tries to walk that tightrope. It doesn’t offer solvers to the players, but instead uses solver output about the players, turning the stream into a kind of performance review in real time. It’s transparency in action — and maybe a glimpse of where elite poker coverage is headed.

Not Everyone Is Sold on the Solver Era

The reaction online has been far from one-sided. While some see this as a bold new step for poker content, others are openly questioning whether it’s a step too far.

“This might be the worst idea I’ve seen in a long time,” wrote one critic on Twitter. Another added, “This sounds boring af. I don’t see how people will care if players on the final table of the GGMillion$ are playing close to GTO or deviating from it.”

There’s also concern that over-relying on solvers to tell the story might remove some of the magic from watching top-tier poker. “Isn’t it better to just observe and assume for oneself?” one comment read.

Still, GGPoker seems to believe the audience is ready for deeper strategy content — and GTO Wizard’s presence on the broadcast is a clear sign of where the game may be heading.