Minraising pre flop. WHY I don't think it's all-that-bad!

[Mik1w]

Here's my case.

The reason to do this is to build a pot. I would plan on doing this as an alternative to calling when I will be at an advantage to those limpers with odds to play post flop with a large pot, for example:

1. I have a great position, dealer or cut off, and can play much more precisely
2. I have a hand which does well in big pots, suited connectors, pocket pairs (Im giving myself odds for a set with the minraise, and this inflated pot will help me get paid off when I hit the set)

So, how does it work to my advantage if they have odds to call? surely then their call is profitable and my raise not. This reasoning neglects the fact that they are making fundemental theroum of poker mistakes by calling in the first place. If they'd have known I was going to raise, ie. if they are after me to act and have to play 2*BB to see the flop, many would have folded.. this makes their call of my raise good, but their limp before my raise unprofitable. ,but how could they know?

It might get even more unprofitable for them being dragged into a multiway pot now where I have better position and better cards suited to a large pot.

Im going to start this as an experiment and see how it goes. In the meantime, does anyone have any arguments that make my reasoning bad?