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[KaciBlakely]

I appreciate all of your opinions. It was a food for thought question and I thought I would get different opinions on. My thought was I was going to along with success and I thought the same things as the below mentioned.

Thanks for everything and I will add more thoughtful discussion to this when I am not so tired.

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I appreciate all of your opinions. It was a food for thought question and I thought I would get different opinions on. My thought was I was going to along with success and I thought the same things as the below mentioned.

Thanks for everything and I will add more thoughtful discussion to this when I am not so tired.

Id like to add on a little bit to my response by talking about calling an ALL IN with ace-rag.
This is very tough to talk about because once again it is situational but there are only three situations you have to choose from.
A)It is a short stack pushing.
If this is the case then it is all about the position in which they pushed, if they pushed in early position (UTG, UTG+1) They have a hand better then Ace Rag and that is a fact. However if they push from late position (Button-1,Button,SB,BB) This MIGHT be a steal play, and if they are shortstacked and you are getting the right odds. You should make the call. I always say if its for less then 20% of my stack and I have an ace and think im ahead then I wil call. Some people would disagree however, I think that would be the right play.
B) It is a middle stack, pushing.
This is typically not going to happen, unless a raise is infront of them. This is because average stacks, feel good about there position and dont wanna just push, fearing being eliminated before a shortstack, which would move them up the money ladder.
My philosophy is unless you have an ABSOLUTE read that you trust no matter what. This is a no call, at all, never situation.
Finally,
C) A big stack bull pushing.
This actually happens more often then you think, especially if the blinds are high enogh as to where just getting the blinds is very proportional to stack size. Just like a shortstack push I would only consider a call if it was a late position shove.

So in short I ONLY call all ins with ace rag when it is a late position shove and i feel I am getting BETTER then 2 to 1 on my money.
Thanks for reading.