Quote Originally Posted by Renton
Quote Originally Posted by jackvance
I had to tone it down because my last 2-3 raises got no callers. So the "standard raise" for all the hands is my range to raise with had become 4BB.
No matter. I see what you mean, but you hafta consider some other things.

1) If people are folding to reasonable preflop raises you need to open up and raise with a larger range. Everytime you have a suited connector or suited ace or weak top pair hand like QJ in the CO or BTN, raise your standard raise. Eventually they will get sick of it and your raise will BECOME the standard raise. The other option is to leave the table. You'd rather play at a loose table anyway.

2) You raise more because you'd like the EP limper to fold so you will have position on the SB limper. If they both call, you will be out of position, meaning that you won't be able to extract max value from AA postflop.

3) You need to get as much money in while you are a guaranteed favorite as possible.
Well said.