KTo is the nuts! (Party 500k hand)

[ansky451]

I don't think I'm pushing unless he had less than 10 big blinds, since I would probably be priced in to a reraise if I made a standard raise. Pushing makes no sense whatsoever here in my opinion.

[JustPlayingSmart]

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I don't think I'm pushing unless he had less than 10 big blinds, since I would probably be priced in to a reraise if I made a standard raise. Pushing makes no sense whatsoever here in my opinion.

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Does he know that? Your standard move up until now has been push. You know it's because of their stack sizes. So when they get out of a range where you think it makes sense to push, you don't push anymore. But if for them, if they still think you would push if you're trying to steal, a min raise might look especially strong.

We're basically going back and forth here. When I see good players min raise I play cautiously, and I know a lot of other guys on 2+2 do the same. Since this guy is observant, I am assuming he's somewhat competent, so I am assuming he would be cautious of a min raise also. This is why I would not call. If you don't think he is thinking like that, then it might make sense to call.

[ansky451]

Well, my thinking was as follows:

He knows I'm raising any 2 here. He doesn't know to what amount. He also knows that I know that he knows that I am raising any 2, which means that if he pushes, I have a wide calling range, because he has an even wider pushing range.

Given the fact that I was (at least trying to) running the table over, I can't see how he is folding any decent hand here, regardless of my min-raise.