1) do you think that this gets them more FE than a push?
2) do you think that this gets them more action than a push?
3) do you do this?

1) I think a raise that is not all-in gets more FE from solid players who know that you are solid, and less FE from bad/average players who don't know about pushbottting. At least that is what I think, because they'll have to call of less of their stack. Solid players will be confused about why you didn't push.

2) It might get more action if there are bad players left to act. See 1. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

3) I never do this. I do raise 2-3BB in stead of pushing with high blinds with monsters VS people who would call this and not a push. I never raise 6bb in stead of pushing. Maybe I'll experiment with it on a tight table. (btw, these threads have some influence on the play in higher stakes games I think. It could be my imagination, but at the $55's after there was a thread where several players said they will call with any ace and low pairs when a pushbotter pushes in to them, I got called with crap all the time by the 2+2-ish players. Meh. )