[Jerrod Ankenman]

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Jerrod,

Out of curiosity, is your use of the term "nemesis" a standard one in game theory discussions in general or poker in particular? Or are you just using it as a more colorful connotative term for someone whose play would be described as "maximally exploitive" (and with "limited nemesis" thus being used to put a limitation on the exploitation as to the stages of a multi-street play hand)?

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Nemesis is a technical term from game theory. A nemesis against a strategy X is any member of the set of all strategies that maximize value against X.

I personally like to use the term in poker discussions as well to mean the devious super-opponent who will automatically exploit your strategy and adapt to any strategy changes you make. This is a very useful idea in making people understand what playing optimally means.

But strictly speaking, a nemesis is a strategy that exploits maximally.

jerrod