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 Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
Things that are truly helpful to the BC are things like "learn what a balanced strategy is and when to favor balance vs exploitation."
The following rant is in no way aimed at you Mr Monkey, you just reminded me of it....
When did balanced vs exploitative become an important BC topic? If people took all the time they spent worrying about what % of their range they should do X with in Y spot so that they're strategically solid and directed it to how to actually put their opponent on a range, and just play really well in a vacuum, they'd do a hell of a lot better imo. Noone is exploiting you or understand what it is to have a strategy that exploits your exploitability so go and exploit them by doing lots of stuff that's just simply +EV. Save the galfonding it up for stakes where it's actually necessary/relevant.
Here's what I think: if you play really 'exploitably' in every situation you guys find yourselves in at micros and try to do what you think is most +EV in that situation, then your win rate will be way better than if you try to factor in your attempt at being unexploitable/balanced. If you do the latter, 97 times/100 you'll be making plays that are less +EV for no long term gain and confusing yourself to the point that you really suck at making the play that will earn you the most money.
@spoonitnow, I find this increasing obsession with exploitability/balance worrying because it's analogous to a beginner trying to play chess like Karpov or Capablanca etc. He could crush his fishy opponents just by getting better at tactics and defeating them tactically (cos they suck at tactics), but instead he plays the catalan and 1. Nf3 and all sorts of stuff he doesn't understand and isn't anything close to the best way to beat his opponents. He could just skewer the rook and be up the exchange, but he'd rather make sure his opponent gets a backward pawn instead.
Back to poker: just make shitloads of +EV plays and win. /rant
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