I do think however that once a flat callathon starts big hand frequency goes down. Very big made hands cannot afford to keep on calling here as there is no certainty that a check raise is coming.
Ok then - another senario with the same hand, you are need2speed02 and you are sat directly behind the initial raiser. You have called the preflop raise with
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and have flopped the nuts.
When cybo sticks in the pot sized bet of 860 you still have 2660 chips back - do you reraise a little, reraise all in or flat call hoping someone else comes over the top?
Early in the tournament when i need chips for gambling with later, i still make the move.
How big a hand do you need to have to make a move like this? in this example depending on how many players are still in the action when it gets back to you, your win percentage may be as little as 5-10%. Yes you need to build your chips at the beginning of a tournament to give yourself a better chance when the blinds go up and the ante's kick in but how much of a risk do you take when your tournament life depends on it?