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12-23-2005, 03:23 PM
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Re: Mixing Up your raises
Harrington is making a number of assumptions that don't hold true for most of us: First, his opponents are paying attention, many of ours are not, so any sort of deception is minimal at best. Second, since he plays the same people all the time, he has to vary his raises not only over the course of a particular session, but over multiple tournaments. Again, we don't usually have that problem.
As for the use of the min-raise, IMO the only time it is a good idea is when the blinds are high enough that simply calling it would tie your opponents to the pot. In this situation, the message is the same whether you raise 2, 3 or 5BB: "If you call this bet, you are playing for your stack." I don't know if this makes sense... 
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12-23-2005, 03:32 PM
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Re: Mixing Up your raises
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As for the use of the min-raise, IMO the only time it is a good idea is when the blinds are high enough that simply calling it would tie your opponents to the pot. In this situation, the message is the same whether you raise 2, 3 or 5BB: "If you call this bet, you are playing for your stack." I don't know if this makes sense... [/ QUOTE ] Makes perfect sense. I don't know why everyone thinks minraising is donktastic when the table is regularly folding to them...
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12-23-2005, 03:39 PM
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Re: Mixing Up your raises
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[ QUOTE ] As for the use of the min-raise, IMO the only time it is a good idea is when the blinds are high enough that simply calling it would tie your opponents to the pot. In this situation, the message is the same whether you raise 2, 3 or 5BB: "If you call this bet, you are playing for your stack." I don't know if this makes sense... [/ QUOTE ] Makes perfect sense. I don't know why everyone thinks minraising is donktastic when the table is regularly folding to them... [/ QUOTE ] On a related note I almost included in the original post, Fossilman has pointed out that the best size for a bet to steal the blinds is the smallest that will do the job. If the blinds are weak-tight, then min-raise away. The problem is that most min-raises give the blinds correct odds to call with a wide range of hands. But if they don't know that...
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