AppliedMultiple choice
When is a game-theory-optimal strategy the wrong choice against a specific opponent?
- AWhenever you have a reliable read, since deviating captures more expected value
- BNever, since equilibrium play maximises expected value by definition
- CWhenever the stakes are large
- DOnly in games with more than two players
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