Why A MIXED STRATEGY Matters In GTO Poker

What exactly is a mixed strategy? Why do GTO #poker solvers love mixing hands in the nash equilibrium output? If the solver suggests betting a hand 90% of the time and checking the other 10% of the time, should you just ignore the checks? This video takes a 101 look at the concept of mixed vs. pure strategies along with actual solver output to help you make sense of this #gto idea. Enjoy!

0:00 Mixed Strategies 101
0:39 What Are Mixed Strategies
1:30 The Basic GTO Model
1:59 The GTO Solver Mixes
3:03 The EV Of Mixing Hands
3:48 3 Mixed Strategy Lessons
6:42 When One Mixed Frequency Is Higher
8:17 Updating Ranges Slightly
10:06 Going Further With GTO

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[Cristiandiaz]

I had to watch the video 5 times to understand 45% of it all. Complicated but necessary stuff!

[TheDavidlloydjones]

Student of the late Anatol Rapoport sez, "Solid stuff. Well done."

[slow]

great content as always, my poker game improves greatly thanks to your help!

[cosimomischi]

Good video - thanks! One thing i still don't understand. EV is always the same for every mixed strategy, otherwise the solver wouldn't mix it. So theoretically as the aggressor I can bet 54 of hearts instead of the 44%, 100% of the time and it should have still exactly the same EV as long the defenders strategie remains the same, right? But this would also mean that my bluff value ratio would be off a bit and contains too many bluffs which will be beat by the defenders bluff catchers. How can this still be the same EV for this line? What I miss?

[bureboburebo]

But in the latter case where the in position defender has busted draws, leading to the OOP aggressor checking some of their top pair hands, is the EV of checking an individual hand really still the same as the EV of betting the hand? You pick off exactly enough bluffs with the checks to equal the value gained from betting and getting calls?

[misclic]

wooow .. .. this s gold ...
im playin PLO & study gto ... im wonderin if this aplies in PLO solver output .. cause we do this [ all the time ] = if somethin is mixed somethin like 12% - 88% we simplfyin to always 88 ...
so if i understan corectly solvers mixed strategies r excist & defined cause of the perfect balanced range s ?

[MicskiDK]

Good luck betting 55% with bluffs vs a drunk player or checking 45% with value against a passive player.

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