[Rek]

PokerFoo, I have to say there is a lot in what you are saying. I have been minimum raising from OOP with various hands. And with surprisingly good results. It may be that I have been running on the good side of variance on these but this is over a big sample.

Anyway, I put this down to players just being a little uncomfortable. It seems that many view the minimum raise as disguised strengh rather than just speculative play.

All serious players are educating themselves by reading books so the "correct" play is known by everybody. 3 bets are expected and no longer respected IMHO. Therefore, as you are implying, it just builds a big pot. I am tending to minimum bet or bet 4xBB.

The real art is to just keep mixing. Be aware that almost all regular players know the "correct" way, so just experiment and try to do things "incorrectly" at times.