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Message: [QUOTE="IADaveMark, post: 6371398, member: 490208"] As I mentioned above in a comment, a "mixed strategy" is so that you don't become predictable. If you were playing rock-paper-scissors, and the other person was always throwing rock, the game would get pretty easy, no? You just always play paper and you are good. Same in poker. If every time situation X comes up, you are doing Y, then people can reverse that. "Oh... he's doing Y. He must have X." However, if over time sometimes you do Z in situation X. Or better—sometimes you do Y in situation A, now they aren't as sure. In the former, "Well he can't be in situation X because he didn't do Y" or, in the latter, "Hmm... he did Y... does that mean he has X or A?" Obvious poker example: If every time you flopped a monster hand (top set, straight, flush, etc.) you slow-played it and checked, when it goes to showdown, they now see this. People tuck it away that you slow-play monster hands. However, let's say a while later you flop top set and do [I]not [/I]check it but bet 3/4 pot instead. Well, they may now dismiss the idea of you flopping a monster hand because you are [I]not [/I]slow-playing it. i.e. "Did he flop top set here? Nah... if he did, he wouldn't have bet. He always slow-plays it." Mixed strategy to keep them guessing FTW. Similarly, having a "balanced range" even for what cards you are playing is important. If you [I]only [/I]played a certain tight range of hands, simply by being in the pot starts narrowing down what people think you have. The other side of that is playing any 2 cards like some players do. Someplace in the middle is "balanced". Sure, [I]mostly [/I]play your normal range, but mix in some different ones from time to time. Also, sometimes do [I]not [/I]raise your monsters like AA, KK, AK, QQ, etc. call with them, limp with them, etc. Again, mixed strategy to keep them guessing FTW. [/QUOTE]

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