when to call a habitual pusher

[FoxwoodsFiend]

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Now when you answer, please remember that it is faulty logic to say that I should wait for a huge hand since he will surely do this at some point when I have AA or KK or whatever. This kind of thought process (passing up small edges for the guarantee of bigger ones later) may be sound in tournament play but is not accurate in cash game play. In a cash game (where one can reload), and as long as one is properly bankrolled for the game, one should never pass up a +EV situation for a zero EV situation (folding).

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While this is generally correct for cash games it's not correct here. Once you call and win he will stop pushing, so you miss that future edge you could have against him. I doubt he'd carry on with this strategy if you call with A6 and win, since it shows you have adjusted to him. Yet if you fold again, he'll carry on for how long who knows.

You do have a very close but +EV call now with A6 though and if you think he will carry on pushing after you win this one, i'd call. Or if you think he will stop this strategy soon anyway if you fold, i'd call. Yet if he's going to carry on with it for a while and stop if you win this one, i'd wait for the better spot.

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This point has been brought up repeatedly. When there's such a long thread, try reading it before bumping it as it's very likely that what you think has been posted already.