[Paxinor]

the discussion about the maximal strategy is at least as theoretical and unpractical as talking about the optimal strategy

everybody talks about "blabla max strategy blabla equilibrium against donkey no good bla"

but often the strategy which is max exploiting is usually very extreme and players adjust to it the next couple hands.

(folding to 3bets more than you should and therefore making it plus ev to 3bet alone so you should raise every hand)

because you will play more than one hand against an opponent he is able to change strategies that go against your favor. this strategy is hidden and therefore it bears threat...

thats why in pracitce keeping "the match under control" is important, therfore not exploiting every single mistake...

this is somewhat like the optimal play.

of course no one has calculated a sequential nash equilibrium... but in theory there exist one and that is a pretty important thing to know how the game really works...