the reason he says this is because he is a multi-multi-tabler. this is the reason that a lot of people who are successful online struggle live.
This indeed explains a lot, thx.

Quote Originally Posted by siknd
if im openraising, i want callers. a smaller raise will encourage re-raising. table texture issues aside, i think 3.5 is about right. do you vary your openraise by posn? i believe in increasing the raise in relation to position. ie, utg 2.5-3.5, progressing to say 4-5x button.
I want 1-2 callers, I don't like it when there are more. If you hit a messy flop, you really don't know where you are at then, some of them might have hit something, or be on a draw of sorts.

I don't really vary with position. (Note I play 6max, for how this may change things) I do however will go higher if there are more limpers before me, because as said I don't want all of them to call. So this does, in a way, makes my open-raises vary with position. If I'm on the CO for example, and the two people before me folded, or both limped, is a difference. But in general, the most determining factor for raise-height is how the table plays.