Game theory says to bluff the bottom of your range?
I've heard Phil Galfond in several videos say, when his hand is very weak on the river, that according to game theory he should be betting. What is the rationale behind that assertion?
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A strong hand would bet for value and a medium strength may win by checking or calling a bluff, but the very weak hands can only win by betting or raising.
(Because of card removal effects, it may actually not be theoretically correct to always bluff with the very bottom of our range. Say the board is 23KQ8 and we have 54. Villain c-bet the flop and we called. Turn went check-check. It may not be correct to bluff with our nut low 100% of the time, because the opponent may be able to exploit it by
so I agree with most of this except your calling with 8x that are blocking our hands that want to bluff …. Wouldn’t 10-8 8-9 a-8 be better bluffs as we unblock all our straight draws ?
