Re: Spark Notes on Gigabet\'s Post
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but anytime people are pushing "any two" it is usually a -EV play.
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Not at all. Most of my pushes are because there's enough equity in the pot and enough times my opponents will freely give it to me, that on average I'm increasing my equity.
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If we can make -EV pushes as a shortstack, why is it so hard to believe that -EV calls (by ICM or whatever) might be worth making on occasion. The trick is identifying those opportunities to gamble.
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Yeah. Well it's obvious when the next big blind is going to kill your FE and equtiy in general when you're UTG, so you need to make some type of move. It's not so obvious when chip counts are like the situations Gigabet was in. For better or for worse, Gigabet has decided not to elaborate.
But also note he's not the only one who does this. Top pro's like Daniel Negreanu have commented that they will take the worst of it for a shot in a pot that has a lot of "power".
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