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dtyburski
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hi everyone, I'm just curious how much you should be raising preflop? I played at a house game last night and I know this is far from playing at a casino. Everyone seemed to be raising just 1BB. The blinds started out $10/$20 and everyone was just raising it to $40. Even as the blinds progressed, the raise was usually just 1BB. When I raised I always raised 5BB.
I've read some posts here were someone said your raise should be determined by the strength of your hand. I'm sorry, but I can't believe that that is sound advice. I always keep my raises the same size.
Anyway, back to the home game, alot of people were in early position and hitting trip 5's with hands like J5o. Even when I played at a local tournament in town, someone made a comment to me raising 5BB that I should raise smaller so other people could play. If I have a hand I want to play from any position, I'm not sure I want it with someone holding J5o that could flop a set. I'm thinking that if that person wants to play J5o and limps in, if I raise 1BB, is that enough to "punish" them for trying to play too many hands and drive them out?
I played at a local tourny a few weeks back and when I had a hand to play, I raised 5BB...at least early on when the blinds were low and I had a stack behind me. Alot of people limped in, I raised and they all folded...that is how the first 2 hours went. Some were not happy with it, but oh well. I understand playing in a tourny like this and playing in my friends garage is different...I didn't raise 5BB, I just limped or raise 1BB like everyone else. I don't want to play at my friends house like it's a local tourny and upset people by raising so much.
Is raising 1BB now the "standard"? Is it enough to deal with people constantly wanting to play trash hands? When playing local tournaments or even at the casinos, what is the standard raise preflop?
Thanks
I've read some posts here were someone said your raise should be determined by the strength of your hand. I'm sorry, but I can't believe that that is sound advice. I always keep my raises the same size.
Anyway, back to the home game, alot of people were in early position and hitting trip 5's with hands like J5o. Even when I played at a local tournament in town, someone made a comment to me raising 5BB that I should raise smaller so other people could play. If I have a hand I want to play from any position, I'm not sure I want it with someone holding J5o that could flop a set. I'm thinking that if that person wants to play J5o and limps in, if I raise 1BB, is that enough to "punish" them for trying to play too many hands and drive them out?
I played at a local tourny a few weeks back and when I had a hand to play, I raised 5BB...at least early on when the blinds were low and I had a stack behind me. Alot of people limped in, I raised and they all folded...that is how the first 2 hours went. Some were not happy with it, but oh well. I understand playing in a tourny like this and playing in my friends garage is different...I didn't raise 5BB, I just limped or raise 1BB like everyone else. I don't want to play at my friends house like it's a local tourny and upset people by raising so much.
Is raising 1BB now the "standard"? Is it enough to deal with people constantly wanting to play trash hands? When playing local tournaments or even at the casinos, what is the standard raise preflop?
Thanks