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Originally Posted by Haizemberg93
Its seems to me like you said,second one should call 50 %.I dont get one thing,if that is solution second bluff catcher cant play that strategy and expect to at least break even regardless what other players doing.Is break even vs GTO opponent and wining vs rest of them,only property of equilibrium in 2 players games?If that is true for 3 player games then obv this would not be an equilibrium.
I dont get what x and y represents?
Bluffcatcher #1 always folding and Bluffcatcher #2 calling 50% is an equilibrium which satisfies the equation I provided.
Guaranteeing at least breakeven (non-loss) is not a property of Nash Equilibrium in games with 3 or more players (and only a property of 2 player games that are symmetric, e.g. a NLHE HU hand where either player is equally likely to be the BB). For example, in this equilibrium, after bluffcatcher #1 calls, bluffcatcher #2 can call every time, which drastically reduces the EV of both bluffcatchers at the benefit of the nuts/air player, and gives both bluffcatchers negative EV.
x and y are just variables that describe an equation that make nuts/air player indifferent to bluffing. It was derived as follows:
Bluffcatcher #1 will call some percent of the time (x).
x
Once bluffcatcher #1 folds, bluffcatcher #2 will call some percent of the time (y).
x+
(1-x)y
The collective probability of bluffcatcher #1 and #2 calling needs to be 50% to make nuts/air player's bluffs 0EV.
x+(1-x)y=
.5