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Honestly, I think you are running really well and it is clouding your judgement on some of these points.
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This could easily be very true. That being said, a few of the replies seem to imply that I recommend open pushing often. This is not the case, but I certainly think you should use it sometimes. I think my original post alluded to this, but the table and players in question often impact my decision on if this is a wise move or not.
I disagree a bit about the Shania factor, while I gave an example hand range, I often adjust that based on position and players. Sometimes I dumb things down for the sake of making a point, and in poker everything is situational, so I suppose dumbing it down can actually hurt my arguement rather than hinder it.
Please keep in mind I don't advocate always open pushing when at ~10M with a reasonable hand. I *DO* however think that doing it occasionally gives you a lot of advantages, not the least of which is the fact that when you do end up shoving it in with a monster people are liable to give you less credit than you deserve.
Honestly, I'll be curious to see how I feel about this in 5-6 months. As I prefaced in my original post, sometimes I feel the pushing may be a bit of a crutch for sometimes not wanting to play tricky hands post flop with a below avg stack.
-Rizen
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http://rizenpoker.blogspot.com