This week you’ll be practicing a very common situation in Small Stakes cash games. A primary feature of Small Stakes games is that larger open raise sizes are typical. For example, in a local $1-2 home game, the open raise will be often $10 or more.
In this spot, you’ll be open-raising to this larger 5BB raise size preflop from Middle Position with our opponent calling on the Button.
The larger preflop raise size causes the Stack to Pot Ratio (SPR) to be lower here than in other cash games with 100BB stacks. Recognizing how larger preflop raise sizing drastically impacts SPR on the flop is critical adjustment to understand when playing in Small Stakes games.