Different raises for different positions?

#1 3rd March 2008, 10:35 AM

In Phil Gordon's Little Green Book, he states that as his skills increased he found a system of raises that worked better for him than the standard 3xBB raise:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Gordon

My Position - - Raise

Early - - - - - - 2.5 to 3 times BB

Middle - - - - - 3 to 3.5 times BB

Late - - - - - - 3.5 to 4 times BB

Small Blind - - - 3 times BB

I haven't really heard any mention of this concept previously at this forum - is this something that anybody here uses

#2 3rd March 2008, 12:52 PM

I have experimented with this, and really like it. Lots of times, however I am raising 2.5x from almost everywhere, w a slight increase on the button. The idea is that you are playing smaller pots out of position, bigger ones in position.

Here is an article.

#3 3rd March 2008, 2:04 PM

Oooh that does make sense. I generally just raise 2-3x everywhere...but perhaps I'll give that a try

#4 11th March 2008, 1:57 AM

Seems to work quite well...

#5 11th March 2008, 2:01 AM

I was just rereading Gordon's Little Green Book Yesterday and came across this. I am going to have too make a conscious effort to give it a shot now.

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