thanks stacks for your detailed response.

i feel i may be missing value in situations like this when not shoving.

i dont feel this villian is ever folding any better hands to a shove, but every other reason is very valid and seeminly correct.

I feel sometimes that yes, although numbskull villians dont think about bet sizes in relation to the pot, some might actually say to a $2.5 bet on the river "oh its only $2.5.." but to a shove say "fuck hes ALL IN i'm really boned here"... dunno.. i guess that plays on the fact that they have no idea about bet sizes in comparison to pot sizes, so they look at it simply as 'all in' rather than simply 3/4 of the pot... i agree with you stacks, i guess im just extending on my thoughts beyond a basic level of rambling suggestions like... "lets bet $2" lol