[Fistdantilus]

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You and the next two posters unanamously agree that its a shove. Whats LDO??

I figured it would definitely all be in by the time we finished the river, and the small amount left behind on the turn gets such great pot odds to call that only a fool would not call. This does not conform with the thinking above. I'd appreciate your thoughts on why it should go in asap on flop or turn. Would a push not scare some hands away , whereas smaller bet sizes are harder to get away fromand in the end its all in the middle anyway??? thoughts???

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LDO = like duh, obviously.

There's no reason NOT to get it in on the turn. If he's calling the river he's calling the turn. If he puts you that hard on AK (or TT/88 or something if he's holding QQ, whatever), make him go with it. Chances are he will. All this crap about charging draws is pretty much nonsense: if he's drawing on a paired flop with anything less than AKs, you'll likely get his money anyway he's so bad. (And even then, AKs here = 'meh').

The push reduces your chances to F up both on this hand and later. Since this is likely a WA/WB situation with a reverse implied hand, you'd rather get the money in before more cards come (but also with your opponent having just enough to make a call with a worse hand). Sure he may put in more money now with a hand like A7, but fold to a push, but every card that comes out weakens your hand against his range. Can you really fold if A/7/9 hit on the river and he shoves? It's a hard spot, and better to just avoid it by making an arguably equal play anyway (Shove the turn).

Until know this villain, all talk of folding goes out the window. Sucks if he shows you 77 or whatever.