Quote Originally Posted by daviddem View Post
Not that I want to hijack the thread, but when you do that do you also do it when you do a legit raise vs limpers? Say there are two limpers, would you raise only 4.5 to 5x with AK? So far I have kept raising 4x from the button even on steals because I don't like raising smaller when I have legitimate raising hands. I raise 3x only when on the SB alone vs BB.
if there are limpers in the pot i will go standard 3.5x +1x for every limper.
my suggestion only stands for steal situations when we are entering an unopened pot from lp.
for context, i raise 3x when stealing from co, 2.5x from bu, and 3x from sb - others do things differently. You could probably get away with 4x-ing button steals with the top of your range and 2.5x-ing with the rest vs non-reg or non-observant blinds. In fact, this is probably optimal at micros.