Quote Originally Posted by JeffreyGB
On a related note...Can a play be correct and make money for both players involved? Ex. I have a flush draw and you have a set. I push; you call. If 35% of the time, I make more than double my bet, it's a winning play for me. But if you make more than double the bet 65% of the time, it's even more of a winner for you. So who's the loser? The pot?
35% to win means roughly 2:1 odds against you. your payout odds in a heads up situation are roughly 1:1. therefore you are losing in the long run. you lose 2 times for every 1 time you win. your wins do not pay enough to cover your losses.

now if it's a multiway pot preflop, then it goes heads up, lots of dead money ends up in the pot. so in this situation it may be +EV for BOTH of you to call because you are splitting the dead money.

ChezJ