I'm trying to byte more players to open by minraise, but depends on flop start to agro by 40-50% of pot and if there is some backdore str of flsh just push. with my stats I loose 2 from 5 times with AA =)))
Min raise is a mistake and the GTO players have figured it out and adjusted because the game has adjusted. Min raising is now considered basically a limp and does not discourage players from playing a very big range against you. Most GTO players have adopted a 2.5 BB open while the people who haven't caught up to the more cutting edge theory are still plugging away with the min raise. Personally, I like to open to 3 BBs when I have a 50+ stack and 2.5 BBs when I have 15-49 BBs. But, you should be adjusting every part of your game, including your opening sizing and range, based on how the other players at the table are going to play against you. For instance. You open to 2.5 BBs with your under 50 BB stack and get 2 or 3 callers. Well, you know they all can't have premium
hands, which is great because your hand should have a lot of
equity...but, it is not profitable to play in a lot of multiway pots. So, you adjust by making larger opens...say you adjust it to 3, 3.5, 4.5 or whatever it takes to keep a lot of speculative hands out of the pot.
The same is true in reverse. If you have a table that is folding around to your 2.5 open, then you need to adjust down to the min raise (or open a crap load more hands until you start getting customers....this is what I prefer)
But always remember that you are playing your whole range in every position. If you are losing a lot with aces, then you are playing them poorly. If you can, post a few examples to that we can look at them and give you feedback.
