I don't reply to these things very often as i suppose i don't have the confidence. It always amazes me to some of the concullsions and reads you lovely people come to, all of these mid game/hand.
However my thought are rather more basic and that is, if i have the worst hand i am out, i have nothing to gain ifi shove and he does LD, i can and we all have got back in a Tourney with 10bb's, where as if we are wrong we are out of the door. For that reason alone i only call river. Is my 10 bb better than nothing thinking flawed?
Steve
You are right, as long as the numbers are close. Say we think raising is +EV, but only very slightly. Then we could call to preserve our tournament life. Just be careful not to give away too much value doing this, because a lot of people take it too far. You have to be willing to take risks to be successful.
Also, don't be shy. Nobody learns much from only posting their opinion when they are sure they are right. We all make tons of mistakes and being willing to search for and correct them is crucial. It's also the very purpose of Hand Analysis.
Think about it, being the worst player on the forum would be a great opportunity!
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