[jackaaron]

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read THE POKER TOURNAMENT FORMULA from Full Tilt and Chris Ferguson suggests even min raising from EP.

with the theory behind it that if you raise from EP you dont have to raise as much because people should interpret you have strength if you are raising with that many people left to act.

also you can min raise to change up your raise sizes.
maybe you min raise to get action with AA or KK or QQ when your on the button and only a couple people are left to act.

maybe you dont want hands to fold but you want a bigger pot.

maybe your changing up your play


i think there are many valid reasons for min raising.
and 2.5xBB is hardly anything but a min raise, so advocating that and thinking 2xBB is foolish is ridiculous.


so laugh away at it but there are many valid reasons for raising 2xBB.

(FYI)

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I disagree about the 2.5. It adds up if you're small balling the crap out of people. And, at many weak/tight tables, it does just that.

Going by what you said, I would much rather min raise with trash because the BB is calling with a really wide range, and check/folding when he doesn't hit.

I guess I've just stacked so many bad players who do this, that I can't believe someone would advocate it. I would never call their standard raises, and stacked them, but when they make it this cheap, I most certainly will get involved.