thanks Chris. I assumed as much, but appreciate the confirmation.

ya he has the nuts given how rarely u flat a big pair here if u dont think he 4b/folds often :), and its not like ur c/jamming 99

Hi Russ,

I’m not Andrew – but this is 10/20 online at a table full of professional players – there’s going to be no perceived difference between pushing “all in” and the actual betsize.

This is just the simplicity of clicking ‘all-in’ – his opponent knows there’s no difference between betting 2.5k and whatever the effective 1.6k actual bet is.

He did, I was saying I can’t fault him for that.

I think either is fine and a small 4-bet is the worst option, since he’s not doing it with a balanced range. Flatting keeps his range wider, which will cause me to make mistakes post-flop. A bigger 4-bet at least charges me for the information he’s giving away about his hand. When he makes the small 4-bet, I know pretty much exactly what range to put him on and can play perfectly against that range post-flop. If there were any deception whatsoever about his range, it would be tougher for me to call this, but honestly position hardly even plays into it. I know roughly what he has, I have the right odds to call vs. that range pre-flop, and post-flop I get to make decisions with near-perfect information.