used to describe a situation that has a lot of risk and in which someone is likely to either get or lose an advantage, a lot of money, etc.: The company has made some high-stakes investments in an attempt to transform itself into a multibrand empire.

Pluribus's self-play produces a strategy for the entire game offline, which we refer to as the blueprint strategy. Then during actual play against opponents, Pluribus improves upon the blueprint strategy by searching for a better strategy in real time for the situations in which it finds itself during the game.