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Originally Posted by MikeyInc  It’s not really that min raising is bad... |
Yes it is... that is exactly what is it...
bad... it is bad every single time. A minraise especially in this spot does nothing you want it to do and everything you don't want your raise to do. When you bet or raise, you are trying to do something. You are trying to build the pot, thin the field, price people out... etc. A minraise here is never going to make it incorrect for anyone to call. Even the small blind is being offered better than 4-1 (130-30) to call... everyone else is getting much better (6.5-1). And once one of them calls the odds improve even more. None of the original limpers, unless they were WAY out of line in the first place, can fold here. You might clear the SB (you did) but that isn't sure because I could call in the SB for that price with a lot of hands.
The only thing you're doing is building the pot. You do
not want to build the pot here with AK and 4+ people likely to see the flop. The pot is going to be too large to price some people out without committing your stack on the flop. And you don't want to do that without a really strong hand here... and you're just not going to get it enough. As it is... any serious action after this flop and you're done. You've priced in too many A-rag hands.
As played... I bet it's A-7... but whatever. You're in trouble here.