Discuss: Five Basic Mistakes to Look For In an Opponent

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I liked your article.

My one bone of contention or point of clarification.

I certainly have a lot more tourney than cash game experience, but am a winning player. What is wrong with min raising preflop from the small blind? This is about the only time I min raise, btw.

I like the argument that the entire contest is based on the battle of the blinds. I like to risk the minimum to win the maximum. I also find that you get a lot more action with premium hands.

If you are against this strategy my question would be do you vary the amounts of your preflop raises.

Great article and this is the only part I disagreed with, doesn't mean I'm right.

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If your opponent is folding a lot preflop, then minraising has some theoretical sexiness. However, most opponents make the opposite mistake and call too much in the big blind, and minraising makes that less of a mistake.