Quote Originally Posted by arkana
Do you agree that if I open push the turn and he calls he is making a huge mistake? Calling $179 with a 33% chance to win $243 is -EV. If check raising has the same net effect how can villain not be making a mistake?
Of course he's making a mistake to call an open push.
Calling $179 to win $243 is a big mistake. Calling $79 to win $328 is actually correct, though. Just because check raising has the same *net effect* doesn't mean it's the same thing.
That's what I'm getting at.