how much should i raise preflop in poker?

Question

4 times the blind isn`t enough like when i start a tournament the blinds are 10/20 i raise 4 times 80 and everyone will call that 4 times the blind doesn`t make a diffrence on getting players out of the hand idiots will call any bet with anything do you know how to raise that will get a lot people out of the hand besides raising 4 times the blinds or 3 times the blind because idiots just keep calling everything and there are still too much people in the pot?

Answer 1

It depends on the level of people you play against.

You don't want to throw out too much pre-flop and have someone hit a flop, but you want to keep the number of players down.

Gotta play it by ear.

Michael

Answer 2

It depends on the blind sizes vs. stack sizes. Basically, you need to learn about M value. For a standard hold 'em game, M= your stack / (small blind + big blind). With large M values, a raise of 3 to 4 times the big blind may not be enough because you are offerring your opponents good "implied" odds. These are difficult concepts to master, so pick up a good book by Phil Gordon, David Sklansky, or Dan Harrington.

Answer 3

3 to 4 times the big blind it's a standard raise, It's a good play. Now, you must talk about freerolls or very small buy-in, So yes everybody is reckless and play there hands like maniacs. Depending on the games, you need to adapt yourself. You talk about a 80 raise so that the biginning of the tournament, everybody with any connectors want to see a flop, It's cheap. Poker is tough!

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Answer 4

If you're playing against people who will see a flop thinking "any two will do" then you're gonna get called here 99% of the time unless you raise a ridiculous amount of money pre-flop. Best idea is to play premium hands when you raise and hope you get a good hand by the end, this way you can just let them feed your chip stack by making stupid calls pre-flop and after the flop.

Answer 5

It all depends on the level of the other players. I don't like to make very sofisticated plays or large raises early in a tournament because there are always idiots who call anything with what ever crap they hold.