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if you have ak level 1 and only raise to 45, then all of the pocket pairs should call you (<10% of their stack)...

does it make sense to instead raise to >10% of average stack (90 if 800 stacks) to not give the low-mid pps odds to limp in?

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There are lots of reasons why I think this is incorrect.

-You're building a huge pot on level 1 that you'll miss most of the time, but will still have to fire at.

-In your scenario, you still have several players to act behind you, meaning that you're still subject to a raise pre-flop and will be OOP for the rest of the hand with AK.

-You're limiting your opponents opportunities to come in with dominated aces, which is where AK makes it's money, NOT by giving incorrect odds to lower pairs (which are already ahead of you).

-The blinds at this level just aren't significant enough to make this a winning play (which I'm going to address in the other thread).