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Originally Posted by artofthegame
About raising the correct amount - I know the standard is typically 3-4bb pre-flop (and 1bb extra for each person in hand before me) and 2/3 pot post-flop, but I've heard that in live play at least in the 1/2 NL games, no one raises for less than $10, and usually it's more like $15-20. Is this accurate?
Much depends on where you are playing...I have seen $1/2 games where people folded to $6 and I have seen other games where it was standard to see seven to the flop on a $12 raise. And that is before the table adopted the straddle...which just changed how much everyone was going to be in for pre (I've seen seven and eight to a flop at $25 in New Orleans). Those can be fun games, but you have to buckle in because they DO get wild.
That being said, nobody says you HAVE to go along for those rides...you'll figure out the table dynamic quick enough which then lets you get a feel for the ranges people are either raising with in EP or calling with all the way around. At those stakes, you will have a ton of people over-valuing any ace and definitely over-valuing face cards, especially if they think their top pair with no kicker is actually good on the flop.
Also remember that some may simply start doing that when you sit down to gauge YOUR style and willingness to gamble it up...