S
sgriff
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Please excuse what to some will be a silly question, but how much to reraise by confuses me. I have seen advice to raise by the amount of the pot and 3-4 times the initial raise, but this confuses me for the following reasons:
Reraise by the size of the pot - does this mean that I bet in total the pot size, or should it be the amount to call, and in addition the size of the pot (and is this the pot size before my call or after it)?
Reraise 3-4 the initial raise - again do I bet 3-4 times the raise or 3-4 times the raise plus the initial raise? Also, this seems a dubious guideline because the resulting pot odds that I will give will depend on the initial raise.
I'd appreciate comments on the above, and especially I'd appreciate any simple rules of thumb that could be applied, for a) with no draws possible b) with draws possible. I have searched online but the advice I find is dependent on me understanding the definition of a pot size rise (see above).
Reraise by the size of the pot - does this mean that I bet in total the pot size, or should it be the amount to call, and in addition the size of the pot (and is this the pot size before my call or after it)?
Reraise 3-4 the initial raise - again do I bet 3-4 times the raise or 3-4 times the raise plus the initial raise? Also, this seems a dubious guideline because the resulting pot odds that I will give will depend on the initial raise.
I'd appreciate comments on the above, and especially I'd appreciate any simple rules of thumb that could be applied, for a) with no draws possible b) with draws possible. I have searched online but the advice I find is dependent on me understanding the definition of a pot size rise (see above).