Maybe I should clear a few things up, since I think the motivation behind my writing this was misunderstood by more than a couple people.
I wasn't/am not angry that I busted on a flip. Except for one hand in particular, I am very satisfied with now I played this entire weekend.
I never ridiculed the internet player, I said he was exploitable.
I would never put money on the table that I need to live. If I decide to give myself 2 BIs to play with when I don't have a roll, it's because I can afford to spend 2BIs.
I don't really understand why so many people here think it's spew to ship it with 2 overs and a FD. I have 53% equity against 1 pair (including overpairs smaller than your low card), 47% equity against 2 pair, and 25% against a set. Once you put all that together, yes, it's a flip. But shoving is the right move. If you only flat call, and you miss the turn, now you're playing a draw in a bloated pot, and likely paying too much to draw. If you hit, you wont get paid off nearly as often.
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Based on some of your posts you are trying to make your opponents lay down hands they simply don't want to fold. Identifying those players and using that to exploit them is key at 1/2. You don't call without the nuts when the old rock shoves into you, and you don't try to make the calling stations fold.
Not really sure where this came from, since I would never call without the nuts if a rock shoved into me, and I never bluff unless I've got a very good reason to.
So again, I'm not pissed that I lost a flip, I'm just amazed at how some of these guys will call 3bets OOP and donkbet flops with a hand that I wouldn't be caught dead playing unless I'm in the BB in a limped pot. I know he had odds to call by the end, but there's just no reason why he should have been in that situation.
I've got no problem with players making more, and bigger, mistakes than me at the table; But, you just have to wonder what they're thinking when they do.