I don't raise fold below 18bb or so and you've got 20, so I don't hate it. I probably shove I guess, raise calling isn't awful either unless it's a nit who shoves on you. I probably mix them up
But if you do raise, raise small.
18-20 is there
really much of a difference at this point with the same hand? So you might fold it with 20blinds left, yet not fold if under 18blinds? Say we fold with the 3bet raise and we fold, this leaves us with 18blinds near enough to then hopefully find another decent hand within the space of a couple of hands or be dwindled down?
When you're raising with an 'awkward-sized' stack, you should be looking ahead on the table, checking out other player's stacks sizes & tendancies & 'prior' to your raise you should already "KNOW" whether or not you'll be calling 'so & so' if they reraise allin. Think ahead in the hand always.
Yeah, I do try that, maybe another fault if I'm multi tabling..it's soo so difficult though at times. The problem I have, more than any is if I'm flat called, even in position or out, if checked too me, do we take a stab or check/fold unless we hit a monster flop with a marginal medium pair? I'd much rather raise bigger purely because then it gives people a chance to "think" before they think "oh pot
odds, or good drawing hand I call"
I tend to think from personal experience I can take pots down regardless on the flop if I raised bigger to start with, with a min raise/2.5..it seems to get more difficult, again though like Oz said it could well be selective memory for this, going to have to take a look.
Thanks for the replies guys!