Quote Originally Posted by paulwright
Galapagos - I would have insta called had he shoved - but is the thinking a bit off to say it means I should shove if I would have called his shove?
They are two separate actions, and much depends on the flow of the hand and the tendencies of your opponent. Here's the perfect "in a vaccuum" example: you're first to act and your only opponent is a super LAgg who always pounces on weakness. You have top pair top kicker and have bet the flop and turn, both of which he called; also there's a couple draws on the board - let's say flush and OESD. River comes, draws don't get there. In this situation shoving is bad because he's not calling with anything worse, but checking and calling a shove is good because you know he can't resist the big river bluff now that you've checked. So shoving <> calling a shove - as with everything else in poker, "it depends."