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Exploitative play

Adjusting your strategy to take advantage of a specific opponent’s mistakes.

Level 4

Also: exploitative, exploit

If an opponent folds too often, bluff more. If they call too much, value bet more and bluff less. Exploitative play wins more than GTO against flawed opponents, but can be counter-exploited.

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