[Tickner]

I think you can, but it won't make much of a difference.

By raising the same amount each time (4BB + 1BB per limper - or whatever) makes it impossible to read your hand preflop. When you start raising different amounts based on what you have, you run the risk of people getting reads on you preflop.

Sklansky recommends that not only should you change your preflop bets - but that it is necessary. Its explained pretty well in his book. I think that by raising different amounts we can maybe extract more from weaker players because they wont understand anyway - most of SSNL players wouldn't catch on to what you are doing.

However there are a few regulars that probably would, and so I guess the decision comes down to how you incorporate it into your game. A strategy I was playing around with was to randomly choose between a 3,4,5, or 6 BB raise preflop. Except, I would also raise AA/KK/QQ to 6 every time (so I guess it wasnt COMPLETELY random). So it appeared that I raised hands randomly, but it was weighted.

If you are going to raise diff amounts preflop, I think you need to follow a similar strategy. ALWAYS raising JJ-AA/AQs+ to 5BB preflop, PPs to 3, and everything else to 4, WILL get noticed after a while.

Just my thoughts.