Panel 1: Information Set
Leduc Poker
Current Information Set
Holding Jack • Board: Queen • After: Check
Current Strategy (Iteration 0)
Panel 2: Volatility Monitor
Innovation 1
Panel 3: Regret Accumulation Comparison
Innovation 2: Asymmetric Boosting
VAD-CFR (with boost & discount)
✨ Positive regret boosted by 1.1x ✨
Panel 4: Discount Factor
Innovation 1
0.950
discount factor
discount = base * (1 + vol_scale * volatility)
Higher volatility → Stronger discounting → Faster forgetting
Panel 5: Warm-Start Phase
Innovation 3
Iteration: 0 / 1000
WARM-UP: Strategy accumulation blocked
Early iterations produce noisy strategies — excluded from average
Hard Warm-Start Rule:
if iteration < 500: skip strategy accumulation
if iteration ≥ 500: accumulate into average strategy