Is Playing When the Pot Is Large Less Skillful? (LHE)

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In another thread discussing the idea of never raising preflop, one player asserted:

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In limit poker a smaller pot makes skillful play more rewarded. On the flop much tighter/selective play is required due to the small pot. If you raise preflop and have say 4 callers, it is almost impossible for them to make a mistake from there on because the large pot dictates calling a lot-which social players love to do.

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further stating

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The larger the pot, the less skill comes into play, the less position matters, you should just call. When the pot is small, that is when position matters the most in limit holdem. . . Making a big pot in limit holdem with position does not make your position worth more, it makes it worth less. A smaller pot means that every decision is more valuable and hence position is at its most valuable in small pots.

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and that

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If you keep the pot small preflop, then you are taking away peoples odds to call you on the flop, and then decisions on the flop become much more meaningful.

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My contention is that my edge over this player is my ability to build a larger pot when it is +EV to bet or raise instead of trying to play for small pots when I clearly have the best hand and that part of the skill in poker is creating a large pot that forces your opponent to call you down with the second-best hand.

Does anyone want to support this poster's claim that decision-making is significantly less important when the pot is large? That this makes position umimportant if the pot is large in a limit hold em game?