Priya Nair

Priya came to poker from a data background and fell for the game the way she falls for any hard optimization problem — through the numbers. She studies spots in solvers and simulations, then writes our odds, math, preflop-GTO, and software coverage, turning intimidating solver output into rules of thumb you can actually use mid-hand. Her rule: if she can't explain a line in one plain sentence, she hasn't understood it yet.

Away from the solver, Priya is the friend who ruins card games by counting outs out loud. She's wary of players who treat GTO as gospel — for her the numbers are a starting point, not a script, and the real skill is noticing when the table in front of you looks nothing like the one the solver assumed. She'd rather you understand one line deeply than memorise a hundred charts you'll misapply under pressure.

• Odds & math
• Preflop / GTO
• Poker software