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Originally Posted by pineapple888
How much to raise preflop depends on lots of things, and it would be hard to find a less important aspect of the game IMO than 2.5x vs 3x.
A smallish raise is just one more weapon in the arsenal.
I probably would have been raising 5x vs many of the pre-boom dip****s just to get more money in the pot with good hands in position, and folding instead of playing marginal crap just because I was in position, because you didn't need to find thin edges in those fields. I'm not saying DN was wrong if he was raising small back then, but there are multiple issues to consider.
I disagree. I don't think you can get away with raising big in particular post top 15 when the play gets shorter and the field gets tougher. If someone is x3ing to my right at that stage I am usually pretty happy about it. 1 more bb is a lot.
I'd say raising less than x3 IS a revolution in tournament NLH. Just 1 year ago 3betting smaller in pos with a wide range (because the stack/pot ratio diminishes in 3b pots) wasn't even that common. That play is a corollary to what DN apparently started doing and even in cash games where everyone is rock solid, nowadays it's considered a std. So the "concept" DN thought of (raising smaller in pos when eff. stack / pot ratio is smaller) wasn't even properly used in 2009 in cash games. When you think in these terms it's revolutionary, at least in my humble opinion.
I would insta, insta stop playing MTTs if I was somehow forced into raising x3 in late stages.
As an aside, much respect to DN. This thread shows how different he is from the rest of the laughable pros around.
What an awesome pro to represent pokerstars.