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Originally Posted by iburydoscocaroaches
It doesn't hurt if he wants to use a randomizer. Balancing your ranges has nothing to do with one opponent. It has to do with all of them in a vacuum. A GTO player is using a strategy that can't be beat no matter who they play against in whatever environment they are in. He doesn't want to be an exploitative type player. You are trying to turn him into something he is trying to move away from. You are making an assumption when you say you don't have to balance against most players. When you assume that is how you start losing at poker. Even taking notes is hugely overrated cause their notes is basically off a few hands that can mislead you on how someone actually plays. You should never assume that you don't have to be balanced against most players. Your ego is going to misguide you into a lot mistakes if you believe you are better then everyone on the table and you can exploit everyone. Most players are not as bad as you think and everyone improves after every session they play unless they are fish on the table. Then what you say makes sense. But it is 2024 not that many fish in the sea anymore and him wanting to focus on being gto player and not getting exploited by player like you makes a lot of sense to me for him wanting to use a randomizer. If he is studying using a solver he should understand the gist of randomizing his moves. But if he wants it at perfect percentage then ya doesn't hurt to use it.
There aren't styles, there's making the best play or not the best play. Some people have different ways of going about it, but refusing to make the best play because you don't want to describe yourself as an "exploitative player" is certaintly not good poker.
You won't be balanced even if you use an RNG, so my point is not to not use an RNG ever, it's to accept that you're not balanced and embrace it.
Most players I face I have to try and keep some resemblance of balance, but if I was going to the casino to play 1/2 or 2/5 (what most people play) or played anonymous poker it would be foolish to focus on balance