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smokeyjoe
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I've recently started playing some live cash games at my local casino, and I'm having some trouble with figuring out appropriate bet sizes relative to the size of the stacks and the pot.
The max buy-in for this game is $200. Blinds are $1/2. Preflop raises of $8-15 are common, and there are frequently multiple callers. So, for example, if there is a PFR of $12 and there are 3 callers, that's $50 in the pot before the flop ever comes, which amounts to 1/4 of my entire stack. I like to make 1/2 to pot sized bets depending on whether I'm trying charge people for drawing, take down the pot right then, etc. etc. The problem is that after a couple of streets I could easily be all-in with top pair, which doesn't seem like good poker.
Does anyone have any advice for how to maneuver effectively in this type of game?
The max buy-in for this game is $200. Blinds are $1/2. Preflop raises of $8-15 are common, and there are frequently multiple callers. So, for example, if there is a PFR of $12 and there are 3 callers, that's $50 in the pot before the flop ever comes, which amounts to 1/4 of my entire stack. I like to make 1/2 to pot sized bets depending on whether I'm trying charge people for drawing, take down the pot right then, etc. etc. The problem is that after a couple of streets I could easily be all-in with top pair, which doesn't seem like good poker.
Does anyone have any advice for how to maneuver effectively in this type of game?