Big chip leader at FT with 22 ($55 rby)

[NoahSD]

Opening really depends on the table here.

Usually I'm opening because typically people are going to be hesitant to get involved with me. However, if the table won't let me bully them, I'd probably only be opening like 88+ here or so.

[PrayingMantis]

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I certainly would've never considered an open-raise of 22 to put myself in this spot....

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I don't understand this at all. Maybe you have misread the original post. We are seven players now at the final table and I have 50% (fifty percent) of the chips on the table. The field is very weak tight, waiting for the small stacks to bust. I'm raising them like crazy. That's part of the reason why I have this stack. If I decide to raise now it really has very little to do with the fact I have 22. I just happened to have 22, which is in fact a monster compared to the totally random hands I'm raising here from any position. Why would I not raise with it?