Quote Originally Posted by AHiltz
If you are raising 1-2bb to build a pot, me thinks your postflop skills need work.
This was my thinking:

Most of the pot building still comes post flop, but if I can spend 2xbb to pump a 5xbb pot to a 15xbb pot preflop, then I think thats worth it. The guy that flops top pair will have to lead for 10-15xbb to protect his hand, instead of 3, and at that point its going to become pretty hard for him to get away from the hand without losing a large chunk or all of his stack, especially if it goes three-way to the turn. Plus, the dead money from the other callers will help pay for the times that I raise and dont hit my set.

Basically to me it seems like im spending 2xbb to make the final pot 2-3x as big. It seems worth it to me.

Thoughts?