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Originally Posted by CodythePATRIOT
What would happen if you only shoved/called at Nash?
How would it affect your winrate?
This is a complex question and the answer depends on your starting point and your opponents.
If they are Nash players, your winrate would be close to 0 and you would be losing rake so games would not be profitable to anyone.
If you shove as Nash equilibrium suggests, but opponent makes a mistake with the calling range it can either be a good thing to you or be a good thing to some other player at the table (if you are not playing heads up).
For example, Nash suggests calling top10% hands on the bubble against certain players optimal range. But he is bad and pushes way tighter than he should according to Nash equilibrium. If you do not pick up on his tightness and make the call according to Nash against a tighter range, then with some hands vs this particular player you will be making a mistake.
In HU play if you shove/call according to Nash you're playing the unexploitable strategy.
In real-world poker, you should strive to exploit your opponents and for that, you need to put them on ranges (away from Nash equilibrium, because they do not follow it).