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[QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 5739063, member: 397965"]
Basically the preflop raise size is a tradeoff. We want to go relatively large against big blind to give him bad odds to defend. However we lose money or chips, when we get 3-bet, and for that reason we want to risk less, if a lot of 3-betting is going on, or if we cant defend well against 3-betting because of ICM.

In soft cash games 3BB from any position is an easy strategy, and it works well. In tougher games with more 3-betting and less calling, 2,5BB works well. But if the game is so tough, that this is nessesary, then you probably dont want to be playing it with high rake. Which basically all cash games have up to at least 50NL.

Min-raising from BTN can be a good exploitative strategy, if people dont defend enough, and it should then be accompanied by widening your range. I can easily see, how this might work in soft SnGs. Bad regs are uncomfortable playing out of position with marginal hands, they often multitable, and they sort of understand ICM. So they prefer to "just let you have it this time" over and over again.

However there are also other exploits, we could look to make. If we are in CO, and everyone behind is passive with a low 3-bet, and big blind play very straight forward postflop, then why not put in a bit more chips pre? If we can take it down with a C-bet on the flop 60-70% of the time, we are also printing chips this way.
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