It seems like 2 conflicting principles to me and theyere probably worthy of a whole knew thread.
ok you got one
UTG

a) Raise big = Reduced implied odds + hopefully reduced number of villains OOP = goot
b) Raise big = big pot OOP = ewwwww



LP

a) Raise big = big pot in position = naice
b) Raise small = let players in when you have a nice hand + position = ....naice.


Ok so whats it to be? Or is this one of those moments in poker where we cant win? The early position guideliness seem espectially confuddled to me and Ive never been able to balence them myself.[/quote]

To summarize: NLT&P advocates raising "bigger" in EP, Fnord has been going with 3x (which I guess is smallish) UTG.

First comment by me: EP in NLT&P (or HOH for that matter) is not 6max UTG, I think. It's more MP. Still the principle remains.

It's also (according to both books) supposed to be good to vary your raises depending on your holdings - but I found this part not very transparent. The calling/re-raising tendencies/post flop play/stacks sizes of your opponents (and you) is also critical.

So, gabe likes to keep his raises small: why? because he makes many of them, with all sorts of hands, and gets re-raised frequently. He also (from reading his HHs) likes to get allot of money in on the flop with overbets/raises so he doesn't really need a big pot on the flop.

I have been screwing around with raise sizes but I am almost always at 3x or 4x (50NL). Every once in a while I throw in a 2x somewhere when I don't mind a multi-way pot. Of course, then I get raised out of the blinds and feel like a doofus.

Assuming 100BB effective stacks, although 50 seems a little more common:
Do peeople ever open with big raises PF? 6-10X? With what? Pairs?