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Originally Posted by metza
Oh cool so I can take every mixed 3bet/flat and just 3bet it at 100% frequency and not lose any EV vs equilibrium. Same with postflop raises and river calls vs jams too, time to up those all to 100%. Awesome.
Where do I sign up for your coaching you seem like you have a deep understanding of GTO?
Brokenstars and Zamadhi are correct.
Mixing mistakes do not lose EV against a fixed GTO strategy, but they do leave you exposed to exploits.
The idea that you need to be perfectly balanced to prevent losing EV against GTO is a
myth.
This is a consequence of the law of indifference; baked into the game theory of poker. If a hand mixes between two actions, those actions should (theoretically) have the same EV against your opponent's strategy. If you assume their strategy is fixed and unchanging, and continue to play your hand the same way against them,
then it must yield the same value.
In other words, yes, you can take every mixed 3bet/flat and just 3bet it at 100% frequency without any EV loss against equilibrium. Yes, you can do the same with postflop raises and river calls.
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Tl;DR
Mixing mistakes do not lose EV against a fixed strategy, but they are exploitable. Pure mistakes are what lose EV against GTO.
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