Loony, I see what you're saying. I am new to the game, but I thought of this in a kind of attempt at looking at certain spots as a more long term +EV play. Granted we need to take into account lots of things, but when it comes to whether I should call, raise, or fold, it can be beneficial to make plays that are more +EV in the long term as far as the br is concerned. I think a lot of us take for granted that fact. Making a slightly +EV play can be beneficial in that hand, in a vacuum, but looking in the long term, getting that slightly +EV play to be a little bit more can help pad the br or your stack those several times that you make a similar play but don't hit and lose.