It's an interesting topic for discussion, and I can see both sides.
Frankly, I like Harrington's take on this. He has standard RANGES of raises that he makes, varying them randomly (For a certain situation: 80% of the time, 3x; 10% flat call; 10% 5x, etc). I think it's important to vary your raises (randomly - not just situationally), but I also like having a STANDARD raise amount to work off of, and I usually make my standard raise. In fact, I would say 90% of my opening raises are for my standard amount.
I dunno.... overall, I think I prefer having a standard to raising just situationally. If you must vary your opening raises, at least do it based on position and not based on the cards you have (meaning, you can typically get away with raising less in EP and need to raise more in LP).
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