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What do you think of my opinion that when someone (other than yourself) raises preflop there is a much better chance of getting some significant action on the flop and beyond?

If 3 people limp in preflop they probably don't have great hands and may not put in any other money after the flop. At least with a preflop raiser {and cold caller) you have someone who values their hand and will probably put more money in after the flop.



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yes you will get more action on average than you would in an unraised pot, but you have twice the work to do, so unless you get more than double the action you woulda got in the unraised situation its not better .. plus in a raised pot you will lose more often when you do hit as many of the really good flops end up counterfeited by the river

another downside is that in raised pots the raiser tends to have a pretty strong hand, one that often is quite capable of counterfeiting your strong flops .. when you flop 2pair it will usually be bottom2, and will leave a straight draw on the board ..