Truthfully I’m not wild about the idea of “proper” or “standard” pre-flop raise sizing, either. I think it depends on factors like who is behind you, who is in the blinds, what your and their stacks look like, etc. What I liked about this tournament is that it punished all the players who just knew to always raise X in certain situations, because they saw JohnnyBax do it or whatever, but don’t really understand the reasoning behind it well enough to apply it in a different context.

And yeah, people were definitely folding too often to small raises.

Also, were people getting away with raising so small (at least I think it is small), like to 550 in the the second hand when the ante is 125? I mean, that will still lay an enticing price.