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Originally Posted by Garick
Another one on the "best of" might be the Concept of the Month on C-betting.
Do you know what the max rake for those games? And do they rake all pots, or is it "no flop, no drop?"
You can sometimes steal pre, but it just depends so much on the game. Like, in California, they rake $3 before the deal, so there would only be $1 to potentially steal. In other places, they don't rake until the flop, and with the SB and BB being equal in the bigger game, it could well be worth it.
As for optimum raise sizing, it depends on your game. If you are basing it on value, and playing a tight range, you can raise bigger for straight value. If you want to protect the weaker parts of your range and play laggier, you should open smaller. Which of these should predominate depends highly on your Vs, and whether they tend to overcall or overfold. In most live games, the former is much more common than the latter.
My default is $10-12 in 1/3, and $15 in 2/5. I haven't played 5/5, but I'd probably go a bit bigger. But I don't have one open size that I use all the time. It depends so much on how deep the game is playing, what my Vs are like, and what the table considers "normal." Also, I raise a lot bigger if there are limpers (if I have a legit hand) or overlimp (something I'd never do online) if I have a speculative hand.
They don’t take rake until the flop and also min pot must be 20 it to be raked if i remember correctly, max rake not sure tbh
I don’t really want to open with bigger size because i want to give them room to 3bet me if i get dealt aces, if i open 20 on 1/3 lets say i may reduce callers/limpers but for example AQ etc will not 3bet me, they will just call, also i need to open with small pairs too so it will be obvious if i open big with value hands and small with small pairs so i think yes 10-12 can be optimal for 1/3 and 15 for 5/5 i believe
With small pairs i think its better to open 10 and if someone 3bets lets say 45-50 might be profitable call if they play 200bb deep or limp with small pairs and call lets say 20-25 raise? But i prefer open raising with all ranges
As live players are more cally i think i won’t have problem to get value from them so i should definitely reduce stealing blinds and cbeting with air, i dont believe 33% cbets will get profitable folds live while they do on online games and air cbets more than 33% live would be just burning money if i dont follow with good size double barrel as live players are cally but i dont like that wild style