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There are some fundamental concepts you seem to be missing there, but other posters who are more eloquent than I can talk about that stuff.
This is a very standard raise because we have a large equity edge.
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a LARGE equity edge?
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Somebody can poker stove this, but 8 handed against 7 limpers (so assuming nobody has JJ+), you've got to have a large equity edge here against their ranges. As a specific example, I plugged this in:
http://twodimes.net/poker/?g=h&b=&am...c+6s%0D%0AQc+3c
Using those hands (which are totally reasonable holdings I think), you have over 22% equity in an 8 handed pot, plus you have the button! Your "fair share" is only 12.5%, so clearly you are printing money with the raise. When 8 more bets go in, your equity goes up by 1.76 bets.