[rvg72]

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I thought pushing was everyone's favorite? I thought everyone hated min-raises? Where have I been?

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I was being a little sarcastic!

I think that the push / fold mentality has its place (and I use it often) but one reason why it is so prelevant is because it is soooo easy to calculate whether or not pushing is better than folding. Calculating how +/- $ev a call / min raise / 3x raise at this point is much more difficult and much less accurate.

My thinking on the min-raise is that against another tight player, assuming he has noticed that I had not min-raised all game, he would very quickly throw this away unless he had a good hand. If he reraises I am out and still have a great stack. If he calls we play some poker and I heavily lean towards folding.

rvg