[benfranklin]

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in the 55s and especially lower, your opposition is fairly clueless to what you normally do and only after you push to their completion once or twice *in a row* will they realize what's going on.

In the situation you describe as a general rule I see pushing as more profitable than checking and playing a flop (this can be also be profitable but less so).

Yugoslav

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A good-size raise but not a push here can often accomplish the same thing while delaying the point when "they realize what's going on". At the lower limits, after repeated pushes, opponents are more likely to loosen their calling standards and call or push just to show you you can't bully them.

Depending on all the usual "it depends" stuff, a raise may imply a more powerful hand than a push. A raise is especially scary to opponents after a couple of pushes. Many low limit players will just raise here with a monster, hoping for a call or raise. If you are going to push with air, a raise can look stronger in the right circumstances.