Earlier this week, Igor Kurganov outlasted an 86-entry field to win the PokerStars Championship Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller and earn a seven-figure score.
While on his way to that victory, Kurganov took time to review some strategy with PokerNews and addressed the pros and cons of min-raising in no-limit hold'em, both before and after the flop.
A minimum raise or "min-raise" is exactly what it sounds like — a raise for the minimum amount allowed.
Min-raising before the flop means making an opening raise worth exactly two big blinds (the least possible).