Exploitative Play

Exploitative play means deviating from balanced, game-theory-optimal strategy to target the specific, repeatable errors your opponents make. Instead of being unexploitable, you deliberately become exploitable in ways that maximize profit against this opponent.

It is the most profitable approach in live low-stakes games, where opponents make large, obvious mistakes. The core loop: figure out what each player does too much or too little, then do the opposite. See our guide to adjusting against every player type for the full framework.