[Albert Moulton]

Raise the amount that will most likely achieve the SPR that you are interested in playing post-flop.

Min-raises don't get punished much by light reraisers in most of the live games I've played. Instead, they get treated like straddles. So, if you min-raise with a mid-sized pair, you'll probably only get reraised by AK/QQ-AA, and otherwise you just build a big pot in case you flop a set.

Large raises when you have AK/QQ-AA frequently get called by small pairs and suited aces calling to "see a flop" without good implied odds.

3-bet a little light to isolate short stack reraisers who go all in. For example, you raise in MP to 5bb with a hand like 99 or AQs, you get 3 callers to the BB who goes all in for 20bb, and its folded back to you. At this point, the shorty usually has any pair, AT-AK, and any suited broadways, so reraise to 60bb in order to fold out the two callers behind you. You'll be coin flipping over the original cold callers' dead money most of the time.

What you don't want to do, is auto-raise some fixed amount just to end up OOP with QQ and an SPR of 13 on a low-coordinated flop vs some triky guy in LP. He'll just make you miserable on the turn or river.

So, I would recommend a wide mix of raise sizes with the goal of manipulating the size of the pot to make your own play easier post flop.

The 5/5 NL 1000 buy in at Ocean's 11 sees raises anywhere from a min-raise to $150 (usually in a reraised pot) get callers pretty frequently. $20 - $40 is typical. $50 open raises are also pretty common for LAGs out for a night of gambling.