[gumpzilla]

Pushing is fine. I think sometimes that a push is more likely to get called than a big raise, though. Certainly if you pop it somewhere in the middle you can't fold if he comes over the top. The only difficult question is what to do if you make a big raise and he just calls it. In this case, my thinking is that you'll probably get a free card on the turn - I don't think he's going to call a huge raise and then push on the turn as opposed to just pushing on the flop - and then you can evaluate on the river. Following this line, I think your opponent will push most any river, and you can fold if you whiffed. Going this route is likely, I think, to lose you somewhat less when you miss but probably get you basically the same when you hit. (I could be wrong, particularly w.r.t. getting paid when you hit.)