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Message: [QUOTE="Four Dogs, post: 386830, member: 2668"] We seem to have had a good sampling of responses to this thread. Including J.Led, it looks to be 9:1 in favor of pushing all-in and 1, this is my favorite, who even though he thinks your beat suggests that you should toss in the $14 just to scratch the itch. I guess he thinks going all-in for that last $5 is just too risky. So, let's just call it 10:1 in favor of the push. Well, if your going to play, then your foolish to think that last Nickel's not gonna end up in the pot anyway. So, why am I so out of step? I assure you Juicee, my cojones are just fine. Most of your reasoning seemes to have hinged on the percieved poor quality of play found at low limit tables. While I tend to agree, I find it amusing that most of you who replied to J.L's post play at exacly these limits. I guess we're all the exceptions to this rule huh? The truth is, that there's some pretty good action at $1.00/$2.00 and under, it's just harder to seperate the wheat from the chaff. Jesus, you and I have played quite a few sessions together. If I had made this over the top bet, would you have called? I hope not. I think we all tend to assume low standards from our opponents until we have reason to believe otherwise. When I sit down at a table, the first order of business is determining who I wont call and who I'll always call. Until then, barring a monster, my guns remain relatively silent. In Hold'em, optimism is your worst enemy. I never said Proplayer had a lock on the hand. Lacking any information on him I just attributed more credibility to his bet. As it turns out, while he did not yet have a made hand, he did have the goods. With his flush gutshot draw he was a 54% to 46% favorite. His bet made perfect sense. That being said, all this talk about who had the slight edge is completely irrelevent. Good poker players are not riverboat gamblers. So what if you think you might be a 2% favorite? Just how much are you willing to bet on a coin flip? $20? $100? Would you risk $1000 on a crap shoot? Not me. My self esteem is better than that. I know that if I'm patient and observant, better opportunities lay ahead. [/QUOTE]

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