[elena_elphie]

I know this is theoretically what people should do, but it is not what they actually do. In general if I push and someone calls, they have hurt both of us severely, so I'm pretty scared to push with medium stack unless I know the people I'm pushing on are likely to fold, and if no one is pushing it is difficult to learn how they respond to pushes.

So what are some practical tips for dealing with this in the real world, knowing that are opponents might call our pushes anyway.