Alan Goehring on min raising - do you agree?

[Lloyd]

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Isn't that a good thing, to want your opponents to play 'correctly' and play hands that are dominated by you?

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The blinds are 50/100 and with AA you raise to 200. It's folded to the big blind who calls with 65s. He's getting 3.5 to 1 odds to call. Was his call correct?

Well, it depends on how well you play and how deep the stacks are. He's actually about a 3.5 to 1 dog IF he sees all 5 cards. That won't happen unless he hits the flop hard. If I remember correctly, with suited connectors I figure I need at least 20 to 1 implied odds against an overpair. So if I can win another 2,000 in chips then it makes sence for me to call. If instead you bet 300, and I had to call 200 more. Than I'd need to win another 4,000 in chips to make the call correct.

You can easily see how deep the stacks are, and how much you'll let me win if I do hit the flop, directly impacts whether or not calling is correct. But just by betting 3 BBs instead of 2 BBs pre-flop you have made it much more expensive for me to get paid off correctly and placed a larger emphasis on stack sizes than how well you play post-flop.