Quote Originally Posted by martindcx1e
ya i am a follower of the +1BB per extra limper as well. i'm def. not comfy opening for like 6x-8xBB raises pre-flop though as my standard line.
I wasn't that comfortable at first, but when your AQ is getting beat by K7 which is a hand a strong preflop raise should shut out and which ended up costing you much more along the way than you aren't raising enough preflop IMO.

For sake of argument you open the pot for a 6xBB raise and villian calls and the flop is A 7 2 rainbow. Now what is villian going to do when you start firing at the pot when there is an A out and all he has is a pair of 7s with a K kicker. You've made it costly for him to call preflop, he only has a pair of 7s and if he wishes to be a donk and draw out on you, you've made it much more costly.

Now say you open the pot for 4xBB. Well, there are a lot of hands at this level that will open for 4xBB and not many of them from my experience have an Ace. More likely suited/off suit broadway cards. I'm not necessarily going to put you on a high pair or an Ace with that raise and from the villians perspective the 7 might be good here.

Additionally if you are constantly getting 3+ callers you aren't raising enough. I stopped thinking in terms of, "Well, a 4xBB raise tells them I have a strong hand because that's what the books recommend." That wasn't working for me at this level and I got tired of my 4XBB raise with AA getting 5 callers and getting cracked by garbage.