[Yoshi63]

I swear since this video came out, everyone's been raising 2.2-2.4x.... I never used to see anything less than 2.5x (besides a pure minraise).

Ya it struck me as pretty nitty as well, however I'm guessing he wouldn't take this approach in the 109r, for example. His approach for the millions may not be optimal, but given his edges it's probably closer than you think. Also, it wasn't as if he were totally risk averse - I recal him making some moves for like 1/3 of his stack or more postflop with air.