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I make it 75 in EP. And yes I think it makes a big difference.

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Big difference as in you take down just the blinds way more often?

I'm actually curious.

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with pretty much all of the hands i raise in EP level 1, i'd prefer that villains call with anything marginal. the argument for raising to 75 would be to get more chips in.

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I see it as a slightly different goal: get the same number of chips in the middle as in this hand, but with fewer donks in the pot to outdraw you.

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This is key. Not only does it build a pot it also protects your hand. I've found that it usually works to get the pot HU or 3-way the majority of the time. I have the best hand the vast majority of the time and I would like as many chips, within reason in a HU or 3-way pot (preferably HU with QQ). I'm very shocked / interested by curtains line of raising to 45. I don't like it, but obviously it's working fine for you. I don't see how you can say it doesn't make a difference though. The range that BB's will call 30 for that they wouldn't have called 60 for alone has a huge impact on the hand.