HOH Vol 1. Clarifying the meaning of 'raise' to or of...

[larrondo]

Here is something that it took me a while to figure out. The phrase 'raise 3 times the blind' and 'raise TO 3 times the blind' and 'raise OF three times the blind' are used interchangeably. In other words, if the big blind is $10 bucks, 'raising three times the big blind' means you are putting in $30 total, instead of $40, which is what I would have guessed it means (because you are calling ten, and really only raising two times the big blind.)

Is this always the way these phrases are used?