[emerson]

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David,

It bothers me a little when you say "It might be better to play a hand differently almost every time from the way it should be played if it was the last hand of your life. For the sake of future hands. "

Game theoretically you should play the hand unpredictably if it's the last hand of your life as well. The reasoning has nothing to do with future hands.

Is this just an effective way of explaining game theory to people that you use because it's effective even though it isn't correct?

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That's only true if your opponent knows it is the last hand of your life. If you have been randomizing all along, and your opponent doesn't know this is the last hand you will ever play, why not just play optimally? Your past randomization was sufficient to make the assumptions upon which he will base his decisions less accurate. You have no need for the advertising value of the future.