Re: Bot my butt!
To elaborate: defensive in this context means "unexploitable." We usually think of defensive as a tight, risk averse style. That isn't what we're talking about here.
A decently illustrative example, while it is far from optimal play, is to imagine you're horribly out-classed in a heads-up NLHE battle, with medium sized stacks. Like, awfully out-classed. You don't even belong in the same country as this opponent, let alone the same ballpark. Let's say you realize this, and have decided your goal is to do everything in your power so that your opponent can't bitchslap you as he rightfully should. You're trying to be defensive, and to prevent him from exploiting the overwhelming skill difference. What do you do? You push all in, before the flop, a LOT of the time.
The "defensive" play outlined above is much more aggressive than a "normal" strategy.
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