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Originally Posted by Keruli
ok, thanks. but then what's the point of having a limping range?
maybe the raise range is (at least slightly) polarized, and the limping range relatively condensed? would that make sense?
also, does 100% minleading mean one should flat less pre? because you're effectively investing the call+1bb instead of just the call
anyway, this whole thing is really fun and interesting. railing with the multitwitch is awesome. (pro tip: when doug's mic goes robot/load, you can mute it and switch to dong's mic, which will be recording what doug says)
The humans obviously disagree with the bot about having a limping range at all. Most likely the bot can have 100% of hands when both limping and 2.5x pre. It may be weighted such that worse hands are limped more often than better ones but just because the bot limped you can't rule a hand out. Notice the bot limp reraises fairly often indicating it does limp premium hands for balance. The humans must disagree with the bot's strategy as they are exploiting it everytime it limps with a 4x raise with any 2 (usually followed by the good ol minbet).
Also, the min leading strategy really has nothing to do with preflop vpip. They call the bb because it is better than folding or 3bet independently of the strategy they choose after seeing the flop fall. I can speculate as to a few of the initial reasons they chose the minlead strategy and why they continue to employ it (besides the fact it seems to be working and possibly 'confusing' the bot). If you were to choose this minlead strategy vs most good human opponents they would quickly come back at you with their maximally exploitative strategy; they would see you are making suboptimal plays and most likely try to punish it as best they can. In position this would consist of raising that minlead a ton. The bot however does not adjust to its opponent in the same way a human does. It chooses the most balanced GTO line it can at all times. A minlead is not too far from a check in terms of ev especially as the pot to minbet ratio increases (minbet is closer to a check in a 4bet pot than a single raised pot). A check is the standard approach to most hands oop without the initiative so it's not a huge Variation from the human player's normal strategy. The bot may have trouble with this size for technical reasons. If the bot treats the bet much differently than a check it could lead to a situation where the bot is flatting minbets in spots where it would be betting larger than min when checked to. In this scenario the human players are giving up very little to reduce the bot's average pot size in position.
The minbet style also could have just been an experiment and the players liked the way the bot responded and find it easier to play/read with these lines and are therefore sticking with it until Claudico gives them reason to do otherwise..