# Mixed Strategy

> Source: [Mixed Strategy in the Smarter.Poker Glossary](https://smarter.poker/glossary/mixed-strategy)

## Definition
A Mixed Strategy Plays The Same Hand In Different Ways At Set Frequencies, For Example Betting A Hand 60 Percent Of The Time And Checking It 40 Percent. Solvers Produce Mixed Strategies When Two Actions Have Nearly Equal Expected Value, And Mixing Keeps Each Line Balanced So An Opponent Cannot Read The Hand From The Action.

- **Category**: Theory
- **Term Code**: `mixed-strategy`
- **DefinedTermSet**: [Smarter.Poker Poker Glossary](https://smarter.poker/glossary)

## Related Poker Terms

- [Frequency](https://smarter.poker/glossary/frequency) ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/glossary/frequency.md)): Frequency Is How Often A Player Takes An Action In A Given Spot Across Their Whole Range, For Example Betting 65 Percent Of The Time On A Particular Flop. Solvers Express Strategy As Frequencies Rather Than Fixed Rules, And Matching Sensible Frequencies Is What Keeps A Player Hard To Read And Hard To Exploit.
- [GTO (Game Theory Optimal)](https://smarter.poker/glossary/gto) ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/glossary/gto.md)): GTO, Or Game Theory Optimal, Describes A Strategy That Cannot Be Exploited, Because No Opposing Strategy Can Win Against It In The Long Run. In Poker It Approximates A Nash Equilibrium Computed By A Solver. Players Study GTO To Build A Sound Baseline, Then Adjust Away From It To Exploit The Specific Mistakes Of Real Opponents.
- [Nash Equilibrium](https://smarter.poker/glossary/nash-equilibrium) ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/glossary/nash-equilibrium.md)): A Nash Equilibrium Is A Set Of Strategies In Which No Player Can Gain By Changing Their Own Strategy While The Others Stay The Same. In Two Player Zero Sum Games Such As Heads Up Poker, An Equilibrium Strategy Is Unexploitable. Poker Solvers Approximate It Closely, And That Output Is What Players Call A GTO Strategy.
- [Range](https://smarter.poker/glossary/range) ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/glossary/range.md)): A Range Is The Full Set Of Hands A Player Could Hold In A Given Spot, Based On Their Position And Every Action So Far. Strong Players Think In Ranges Rather Than Single Hands, Because Opponents Act With Many Hands In The Same Way. Reading A Range Means Narrowing It Street By Street As New Actions Arrive.

## Related Strategy Lessons

- [Preflop Opening Ranges By Position](https://smarter.poker/learn/preflop-ranges-by-position) ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/learn/preflop-ranges-by-position.md)): In 6 Max Cash At 100 Big Blinds, Opening Ranges Widen As The Seat Moves Toward The Button: In The Smarter.Poker Reference The Under The Gun Seat Opens 8.4% Of Hands By Frequency And The Button Opens 25.2%.
- [Mixed Strategies And Frequencies](https://smarter.poker/learn/mixed-strategies) ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/learn/mixed-strategies.md)): A Mixed Strategy Plays The Same Hand In More Than One Way At Set Frequencies, So That Opponents Cannot Tell Which Action A Hand Will Take: In The Smarter.Poker Preflop Reference, For Example, A5s Is Opened From Under The Gun 52% Of The Time And Folded The Rest.

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