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This is how to exploit a certain type of bad player (opening to 150), but it is by far not the right choice here game theory wise. You are saying if you are in the WSOP ME level 1 and u get AA, you gotta open the pot to deny everyone odds to flop a set including implied odds? Yeah, ok.

-Jason

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I've never played in the WSOP so I can't comment on the skill level of players nor the blind structure. However, at a tournament such as Party's Super Monday, I would definitely play it like this.

My goal is to double up and avoid losing my entire stack. Putting in a small raise with a monster early on does the exact opposite of this- it makes it so that others can get away from the hand postflop, and it invites calls from hands that can and will cripple me.