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Against an opponent who calls a lot, can't the same argument as above be made? By making it 3x instead of minraising, you let them make bigger mistakes by letting them play big pots OOP?

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Against certain loose passive opponents Im sure its positive ev to raise larger then 2x. Although I lose a little profit by still min raising these opponents I do it for a few reasons. First of all by keeping the pot smaller I decrease my fluctuation and put them in a position to make bigger mistakes post flop. Hu Sngs start out short anyway with only a 75bb effective stack and I prefer the extra room accorded from a min raise.


That being said the main reason why I stick to a standard pre flop min raise strategy is that i am usually multi tabling and I am most comfortable with it. I have stream lined my game to the point where every bet or raise is always the same except in rare cases. I min raise pre flop and bet or raise 3/4 the pot on all streets. This has really simplified my decisions while also giving away as little information as possible. This is probably a point for another discussion but it is taking my game to the next level. When the decision is between betting or checking as opposed to how much to bet or checking the decisions become so much clearer. By simplifing the game I am also becoming much more keen at picking up my opponents tendencies which I think more then makes up for any ev I am losing in making bigger or smaller bets. Instead of maximizing each bet or each match I am devolping a strategy that is as non exploitable as possible.