[zipppy]

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I dunno, unless I have some chance of avoiding a showdown here, I'd just about rather wait for the next one.

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You can't avoid a showdown by waiting until next hand, and raising all in UTG has many side benefits.

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Could you elaborate, Apathy? I assume that good outcomes from pushing include:
1)stealing the blinds outright
2)having only the SB or BB call for what is almost always a coin flip situation

Are there other good reasons for pushing, and am I off at all with the above two reasons for pushing (specifically #2)?

thanks, zipppy