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Many top tournament players use the min-raise preflop effectively (Helmuth, Goehring, others, most of the small ball LAG types use small raises preflop). Against tight+passive+bad typical live tournament players it's a very strong weapon, because they will play very predictably against any raise preflop and often fold the pot to a cbet, and you're risking the minimum to steal the blinds and antes. If someone is going to fold the blinds to a min raise, or let you take the lead in the hand just because you're min raising and min betting, then min betting is awesome. Online against crazy donks and calling stations and LAGs I don't think it really has much value.