Any body Know any Practical Ideas of Game Theory on all rounds?

[Sal Allegra]

Theory of Poker has some examples of Game Theory with Bluffing and Calling on River

Anybody have any good ideas or applications of Game Theory against tough opponents on all rounds?

[Monty Cantsin]

Anytime you mix up your play to prevent your opponents from profitably adjusting to your strategy you are applying a game theoretical idea.

For example: if you play a lot of hands against the same guy and he knows that you never, ever check-raise the turn without a hand that beats TPTK, then he can safely throw away (drawless) hands that are TPTK or less to all of your turn check-raises.

If, however, he knows that you occasionally c/r the turn with hands weaker than than TPTK than he won't be sure how to respond. He might pay you off, he might snap you off, he might lay down the better hand. But the point is he no longer has a sure-fire optimal response to your move. (He is confused, without a plan, what the French call "N'epenthe".)

Of course, in the anonymous tumult of online play, this guy has seen lots of players c/r the turn on stone-cold bluffs, so you don't need to EVER bluff to get him to pay you off. In essence, you are letting the general strategic climate of a particular poker community do your mixing for you.

This is one of the reasons you should bluff less frequently online. It also shows how paying attention to your opponents can increase your edge.

In general, you use game theoretical ideas whenever you analyze how one player's overall strategy stacks up against another player's overall strategy.

/mc

[Sal Allegra]

Thanks man, that shed's some light on it....

[Monty Cantsin]

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If, however, he knows that you occasionally c/r the turn with hands weaker than than TPTK than he won't be sure how to respond. He might pay you off, he might snap you off, he might lay down the better hand. But the point is he no longer has a sure-fire optimal response to your move. (He is confused, without a plan, what the French call "N'epenthe".)


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I really have to work on my trolling skills.

/mc

[Victor]

cool post

game theory is neat stuff...i hear we use it for wars

[Monty Cantsin]

Yeah, Game Theory convinced Bertrand Russell, a life-long pacifist, that we should drop an atom bomb on Moscow before they had a chance to drop one on us.

On the other hand the whole concept of Mutual Assured Destruction, while sounding like George Orwell's worst nightmare, may actually have helped us survive the end of the 20th century.

Truman loved poker.

/mc

[STLantny]

But so did Nixon.