▁this ▁" m ist ake " ▁is ▁almost ▁certainly ▁the ▁best ▁decision ▁given ▁the ▁incomplete ▁information ▁available ▁to ▁him . ▁ ▁This ▁example ▁also ▁illustr ates ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁goals ▁in ▁pok er ▁is ▁to ▁indu ce ▁the ▁oppon ents ▁to ▁make ▁mistakes . ▁In ▁this ▁particular ▁hand , ▁Carol ▁has ▁pract iced ▁de ception ▁by ▁employ ing ▁a ▁semi - bl uff ▁— ▁she ▁has ▁bet ▁a ▁hand , ▁hoping ▁Bob ▁will ▁fol d , ▁but ▁she ▁still ▁has ▁out s ▁even ▁if ▁he ▁calls ▁or ▁ra ises . ▁Carol ▁has ▁induced ▁Bob ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁mistake . ▁ ▁Multi - way ▁p ots ▁and ▁implicit ▁coll usion ▁The ▁Fund amental ▁Theorem ▁of ▁P oker ▁applies ▁to ▁all ▁heads - up ▁dec isions , ▁but ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁apply ▁to ▁all ▁multi - way ▁dec isions . ▁This ▁is ▁because ▁each ▁oppon ent ▁of ▁a ▁player ▁can ▁make ▁an ▁incorrect ▁decision , ▁but ▁the ▁" collect ive ▁decision " ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁oppon ents ▁works ▁against ▁the ▁player . ▁ ▁This ▁type ▁of ▁situation ▁occurs ▁mostly ▁in ▁games ▁with ▁multi - way ▁p ots , ▁when ▁a ▁player ▁has ▁a ▁strong ▁hand , ▁but ▁several ▁oppon ents ▁are ▁ch asing ▁with ▁draw s ▁or ▁other ▁we aker ▁hands . ▁Also , ▁a ▁good ▁example ▁is ▁a ▁player ▁with ▁a ▁deep ▁stack ▁making ▁a ▁play ▁that ▁fav ors ▁a ▁short - stack ed ▁oppon ent ▁because ▁he ▁can ▁extract ▁more ▁expected ▁value ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁deep - stack ed ▁oppon