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RoyalProdigy
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06-28-2009, 02:38 AM
Post subject: PP Min-Raise Q
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I have a very simple question; is minraising a small pocket pair EVER useful? is it good to juice up a pot? is it good when everyone folds to you in the cut off and your looking at some 5's just to minraise it instead of going 4x just to steal the blinds. I know everything is also stack dependant as well as opponet dependant as well. I'm just curios to see what people have to say about this.
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well if you only minraise with a pocket pair and raise 4x with other cards
how easy is it going to be to play against you?
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RoyalProdigy
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Originally Posted by iopq
well if you only minraise with a pocket pair and raise 4x with other cards
how easy is it going to be to play against you?
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This is true, but what if you minraised with other hands as well. I didnt mean to indicate min-raising everytime when you have a low pocket pair either. I usually open 4x no matter what. But im wondering if its always profitable to do that. I am still a beginner, i have the basics down and some intermediate skills but i'm just looking for more insight into the game and wondering if maybe i need to change things up sometimes.
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If you minraise pre flop and its then folded to the BB, he is getting 3.5 - 1, so is correct to call with virtually any two cards. With 55, you don't want to be encouraging hands like 86 to stay in the pot. Also, a minraise makes it cheaper to put in a decent 3bet which is always a possibility when there is a late position open raise. So generally, I don't like minraising.
Having said that, I have seen full tables fold to a min raise from UTG and blinds do give up in the face of late position minraises. At low stakes, a minraise can be QQ+/AK that is afraid of getting no action. Minraising provides a good risk reward ratio, since you are risking 2BB to win 1.5BB, so if the players behind are nitty or you have been raising 4BB a lot to steal their blinds, then throwing in a minraise might well work. But if you are minraising because you think there is a good chance you will pick up the blinds, then you are bluffing and might as well do it with a bad hand, rather than a reasonable hand like a small pocket pair.
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Micro2Macro
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If anything raising bigger would be better.
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Originally Posted by Micro2Macro
If anything raising bigger would be better.
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Not necessarily.
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littleogre
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min raising preflop is generally a very donkey move but if you insist on doing it i would do it with suited connectors.
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Originally Posted by littleogre
min raising preflop is generally a very donkey move but if you insist on doing it i would do it with suited connectors.
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no I'd do it with like 72s if I think the nits in the blinds are going to play 3b or fold
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