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Old 10-16-2007, 07:39 PM
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Default Re: simple game theory question

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Playing heads up limit hold em - how many bets max can it be optimal to go without the nuts on the river?

Same game - How many bets max can it be correct to go with a pure bluff on the river?

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the first player bets.

The second player's action vector looks like this.

|______________call_______________|________fold___ ___|

When should the second player raise?

|_____raise___|_____call___________|___fold_______ __|br|

This pure bluff raise looks spectacular when it works.
But the math says never bluff raise from the fold area.

|____raise____|____call_________|br|________fold__ _____|

The bluff raise from the tail end of the call area does
better.

If that's what you meant by pure bluff, never pure bluff.
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