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Originally Posted by LinearEmphasis
I've a question concerning gto : why the solver says us to bet at any percent of the time and fold like the other ?
I mean why is this not à single option based on the most EV+ action ?
I think that this is a question of being inexploitable by mixing actions but it makes us loose some EV right ?
Mixed frequencies occur where both options have the same EV. (If one of the options is "fold", then calling or raising is precisely breakeven). By including some combos in a calling range at some frequency, you prevent long-term exploitation, but it's not something you have to worry about in the micros, as no one is going to notice if you always fold something that should only be folded 70% of the time.
Mixing also enables you to show up with the same hand after two different action sequences. e.g. If you sometimes raise the nut flush on the turn, and sometimes call with the same hand, then you can have the nut flush on the river whether you called or raised the turn. It's harder to play against you if you take two different (but equal EV) lines with the same hand. Just imagine that you
always raised with turned flushes. If you're in a spot where a flush completed on the turn, but you
didn't raise, then villain knows you don't have a flush. Mixing prevents your opponent from working out your exact range and exploiting that knowledge.