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Message: [QUOTE="Four Dogs, post: 379753, member: 2668"] When you bet preflop, your making either a purchase or an investment and the amount of your bet has a lot to do with what you're hoping to achieve and how many and who are betting after you. When you just raise, your hoping to achieve 1 of 5 things. 1) [B]Buy the pot outright[/B]. 1st in and raising. In early position you might try this with 88-JJ. This will be an expensive purchase. [B](Cost = 5 to 8 x BB)[/B] 2) [B]Buy position[/B]. You want to do this with an Ace or King with a medium kicker. You don't mind too much if the blinds or an early caller match, but you want to be looking down hill at them when they do. Not quite as pricy as the pot grab. [B](Cost = 3 to 6 x BB)[/B] 3) [B]Build the pot[/B]. This might be used with high suited connectors, medium to small pocket pairs or other speculative hands. This is best done when your expecting a multi-way pot and minimum bet is not likely to scare anyone off. You want to build the pot, but maintain your pot odds. [B](Cost = 2 x BB)[/B] 4) [B]Your buying respect[/B]. In this case, your cards don't matter. Your playing out of position with the intent of leading out with a big bet on the flop. a healthy but not obnoxious raise will make anyone acting behind you stand up and take notice. [B](Cost = 3 to 5 x BB)[/B] 5) [B]Value bet[/B]. Nothing fancy about this. You have a playable hand and don't want to give anyone a cheap look at the flop. Top 10 starting hands. [B](Cost 3 to 4 x BB)[/B] These amounts are based soley on my own experience and are certainly up for debate. [/QUOTE]

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