[tomek322]

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With your preflop raise BB gets pot odds of 1:3! - so he can really call with ATC here, still getting the right odds.

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You seem to advocate this in a lot of your posts. I don't quite understand why. No one is calling this raise with ATC, unless the raiser is bad/maniac.

While people get the "correct" odds to call. At these late stages of tournaments people look at the absolute amount of the raise. i.e. "sure i'm getting 2.5:1, but do I want to just lose 4k more on this hand" most people fold. At these levels raises of 7-7.5k get the job done easily.

Stealing and re-stealing becomes the game here, so I think it's absolutly critical to raise small. If you get RRed you lose less. Your c-bets are smaller you risk less. While raising more PF may allow for the hand to play out easier, it is by no means the optimal play if you look at the over all goal of going deep and accumulating chips.