Quote Originally Posted by allabout
I've noticed on Stars that a lot of the regulars have been playing with thier pfr sizing lately. A couple that I would say are pretty solid have been like minraising (virus at 100nl) to open and another would open from min 2x to like 5x pf. Its weird. I actually tried 3x for a while but is there any benefit at all to like a minraise as a standard?
Strategically, a standard minraise would have to accompany a loose, small-ball type of game that generated big time action on premium hands. In practice, I don't see it working.

If you open with a minraise, BB is getting 3.5 to 1 on his call and 5 to 1 if the SB takes his 7 to 3 odds and calls. There's just almost no hands in poker that shouldn't be opened under those circumstances. To invite callers so liberally preflop, you'd have to be pretty stellar postflop to make up the difference.