Even pros min-raise

Was watching FP in the Sunday warmup and noticed this game, so I opened it to watch a few hands.

Hosted by Mercier, with a bounty on her head. Not a preflop minraise mind you.


PokerStars Game #18793646289: Tournament #95290530, 15000FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/07/13 - 15:22:31 (ET)
Table '95290530 1' 10-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: thecooler992 (1485 in chips)
Seat 2: jenssa (1075 in chips)
Seat 3: bogoos (1115 in chips)
Seat 4: NoMercy (1365 in chips)
Seat 5: missmuffet (2035 in chips)
Seat 6: il santo 69 (1385 in chips)
Seat 7: Elephant Mom (2630 in chips)
Seat 8: Arlequin333 (2085 in chips)
Seat 9: PAMBOS.L (1075 in chips)
Seat 10: Villaen (750 in chips)
Elephant Mom: posts small blind 15
Arlequin333: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
PAMBOS.L: folds
Villaen: folds
thecooler992: raises 60 to 90
jenssa: folds
bogoos: folds
NoMercy: calls 90
missmuffet: folds
il santo 69: folds
Elephant Mom: folds
Arlequin333: raises 243 to 333
thecooler992: calls 243
NoMercy: calls 243
*** FLOP *** [8d 6h Kh]
Arlequin333: bets 333
thecooler992: folds
NoMercy: raises 333 to 666
Arlequin333: raises 1086 to 1752 and is all-in
NoMercy: calls 366 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (720) returned to Arlequin333
*** TURN *** [8d 6h Kh] 4♣
*** RIVER *** [8d 6h Kh 4c] J♦
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Arlequin333: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)
NoMercy: shows [8h 8s] (three of a kind, Eights)
NoMercy collected 3078 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3078 | Rake 0
Board [8d 6h Kh 4c Jd]
Seat 1: thecooler992 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: jenssa folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bogoos folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: NoMercy showed [8h 8s] and won (3078) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 5: missmuffet folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: il santo 69 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Elephant Mom (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Arlequin333 (big blind) showed [As Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 9: PAMBOS.L folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Villaen folded before Flop (didn't bet)

lol, I remeber there being a nice little argument over min raising somewhere around here and many I was suprised said that min raising has its place!

I've always maintained there are valid and appropriate spots for the minraise, esp. the min-reraise. The min repop, judiciously and properly used is one of the most intimidating plays in the arsenal,IMO.

Besides, as I've stated here before, I sometimes employ it in CC events as an annoyance to certain fellow CCers, who hate the play.

There are so many new poker player today that Dorkus just hasn't had time to school them all.

Definitely has its place, depends mostly on stack sizes imo.

That, and for thin value on the river :P