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The push should be very profitable on average, worth about 3 BB.

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But don't you think you think you would make more profit in this game if you bought in for more and out-played them post-flop?

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I don't think I could outplay my opponents worth 3 BB postflop with garbage in the big blind. I don't think anyone else can, either.

Contrary to popular belief, being a short stack is an intrinsic advantage. Maybe it would be worth it to give up this advantage to try to outplay people more postflop, but that shouldn't be obvious.

Here, I thought a short stack was the most profitable way to play because of a combination of two factors:
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] I could punish the loose limpers by stealing the limps or value betting, and
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] My connection was flaky.