Re: When and why should you raise to > 3xBB preflop online?
When there are antes you also need to raise a bit more to deny BB from having pot odds to call with a lot of hands.
Sometimes even when you've got a mediumish stack say 12 to 18x pushing is right to prevent resteals or because you've got a hand you aren't folding anyway and you want to maximize folding equity.
It's also right to push even deep stacks in bubble/itm setting when you know that a thinking villain that understands ICM won't call without AA/KK because they move up considerably in pay when one of the micro stacks at the table busts.
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