Re: How Would You Play This Hand?
I have to add a couple of comments.
First, the fact that this hand was remarkable enough for the player to ask you about it afterwards indicates that this was a pivotal hand. I believe that this influences many of the comments, whether conciously or not, mine certainly not excluded. If I encountered this hand in the middle of a tourney do I truly push all in as I recommended, or do I instead try to trap taking into account the high likelihood that the blind is just playing back at me? I'm pretty sure I do push, but in the final analysis it would depend on the feel I had gotten from my opponent.
Second, the effects of your decisions on this hand do not end when it's over (unless you are busted out of course), but they carry over into later hands as well. Going all-in in response to a check-raise sends a signal to the other players at the table. It's not going to prevent them doing it later, but it will make them think about it a little harder and may keep them a little more honest. That alone is +EV as far as I'm concerned.
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