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Originally Posted by lilantas
what does mean some fe
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Sorry i thought you were questioning if any fold equity existed in this spot at this very shallow stack depth.
if you were questioning the abbreviation then id better explain what is meant by some other terms i used.
GTO -game theory optimal. ill try an be brief but this is a solved situation where a participant cant increase his expected value (E.V) by deviating from this unexploitable strategy. Basically if you are playing a person/persons playing a GTO strategy then the best you can do is also play a GTO strategy.
Nash. as in Nash Equilibrium this is the optimal solution for a given game where any deviation on our part from this equilibrium will be a loss of E.V for us and a gain in E.V for our opponent assuming they are still playing nash vs us.
GTO is just an unexploitable game style. In most situation vs most villains its greater EV to play exploitatively. Tailoring our decisions to gain E.V by exploiting our opponents exploitable tendencies.
I only really use nash when hu vs a reg. (or vs anyone when under 5bb) Either when we our last two or in sb vs bb confrontations when its not opened before the sb gets to act.
Obviously if its sb vs bb with other players already folded we have to also consider I.C.M. and other considerations like how other people that have folded are likely to play in future hands etc
Have a look at nash push/calling ranges for heads up play. These charts are in various poker books or obtainable on the net. I keep one by my computer for easy viewing and gives a good benchmark with which to work vs regs when shallow stacked. Its where i obtained the value 5.7 bb for 106o shove that i referred to. but by constantly looking you do get a ball park point of view for hand values in regards to a nash equilibrium.
Two years ago many regs would shove a2c (any two cards ) from sb when under 10bb. This was widely regarded as plus E.V. as the player pools were folding there big blind to wide and the sb shoves were profitable due to fold equity regardless of their actual holding. Now with players learning nash or just learning in a non mathematical sense then sb's are shoving wider the big blinds in the player pool are adjusting and calling wider.
This reduces the sb's F.E on his shoves and therefore the S.B's are adjusting by incorparating more open folds into their hand ranges. Its these adjustment over time in a player pool which means players actions are drifting towards a nash equilibrium.
Hope this helps and ive explained it ok.