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There are several good point in this answer by La. I would just remind you that early betting/raising in pot limit is very different from NL or standard limit. Once you enter a pot you are "helping" the other players push the bet size to where you may not be able to call a raise. Unlike no limit where you can do your own early big raise to narrow the field, in pot-limit you really need solid hands to enter a pot. I play even tighter in a pot-limit tourny as opposed to a NL tournament (and there is a correlation in cash games as well)because if your opponents are good -and- aggressive, they can push you off a lot of calls if they see your opening requirements are not strong.

You also want to just limp with some hands so there is still a chance that a raise will be low enough for you to continue with the hand should a player raise and a player or two call. If you raise early and there is a raise, the raise will probably be 4x what you raised.

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