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Can you explain why when our opponent's bluffs have equity, we want to call more?(GTO/TOY GAME) Can you explain why when our opponent's bluffs have equity, we want to call more?(GTO/TOY GAME)

07-03-2020 , 06:58 PM
The board and our range is in the picture below. As you can see in the first two pictures, when our range is quads or 0 equity air, our villain calls with his bluffcatcher 50% of the time vs a pot sized flop bet as is expected, as that is the minimum defense frequency (his range consists of KK only).

When we break the toy game by introducing bluffs with equity, the result was unexpected to me. Villain calls more than MDF. Why is this? (second image)



Second image (bluffs with equity):

Can you explain why when our opponent's bluffs have equity, we want to call more?(GTO/TOY GAME) Quote
07-04-2020 , 05:35 AM
Because if he keeps calling mdf, your bluffs with equity prefer to pure bet, and so to make them indifferent villain needs to call more often.
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07-04-2020 , 01:20 PM
A way to conceptualize this is that his draws have a chance to become the nuts and thus villain is value betting whatever that chance is when he semi bluffs. So if your draw has 33% eq you are value betting 1/3 of the time when you bet that combo.
Can you explain why when our opponent's bluffs have equity, we want to call more?(GTO/TOY GAME) Quote
07-05-2020 , 07:56 PM
It can be complicated, but Gcm pointed out one reason.

You should have a IP bet sizes as well. IP will want to bet small for equity denial against this type of range incentivizing AA to x/r and also moving the defense frequency for IP when OOP does bet because the EV of the bluffs as checks is changed.
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07-06-2020 , 12:19 AM
^I think you mixed up which player is IP/OOP
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07-08-2020 , 06:44 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lezaleas
A way to conceptualize this is that his draws have a chance to become the nuts and thus villain is value betting whatever that chance is when he semi bluffs. So if your draw has 33% eq you are value betting 1/3 of the time when you bet that combo.
This is a good way to think of it. And in other words, as a result, villain can and is bluffing more.
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