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Old 06-10-2007, 01:14 PM
allingator allingator is offline
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Default Re: Explaining why minbetting isn\'t good

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What i need is a short sentence to use to explain why minraising is a bad thing.

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"By min raising you give your opponents good odds to call with a wide range of draws and marginal holdings which by the same token means you will be able to deduce little from their call."

Obviously you want your opponents to be making mistakes when you play against them. A min raise often gives them an easy decision and makes their call correct (or at least makes it less of a mistake). The fact that they can now make a decent call with a wide range of hands means you could be playing against almost any two cards and you are essentially playing in the dark still after your min raise. There are of course exceptions to the rule, however, it holds true the vast majority of the time.
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