Re: Making a slightly negative ev play to build a stack in NL
Calling with negative expectation will lose you money in the long run. Period. If you know you are an underdog and you take the bet you are donating money. There is no reason to go all in with the worst of it just to build a stack, play a bigger game if you want bigger stacks.
That being said,
In the hand with the QT flush draw your bet should have been an attempt to steal the pot and you were commited after that bet so you had to call.
Pushing AK before the flop is not a bad move at all if the existing pot is worth a steal attempt and you think they will fold to the bet. If you're called your at worst a coinflip for all hands except AA and KK so you have positive expectation because of the money already in the pot.
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