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Originally Posted by zippyroo
Can you give an example of an opponent being indifferent to our action? He has to respond to our action, so how is he indifferent? Also, any links to articles that could help me learn more is also appreciated!
Villain is indifferent to the action he could take in response to ours. A simple, non-poker example is tic tac toe which involves a pure rather than mixed strategy.
If you play a proper nash equilibrium in tic tac toe, the best your opponent can ever do is draw, he cannot win. In that sense, villain is completely indifferent to the square he puts his X (or O) in, it makes no difference. He cannot exploit you be deviating strategies.
As far as poker goes, Bill Chen's Mathematics of Poker has specific examples for poker mini-games.