Small Bet Poker

[lwinfieldm]

I hear the term a lot in no-limit poker.Avoid playing in big pots and playing small bet poker.Lets say the blinds are $50/$100 and you have a fair hand you think may be the best hand but you dont want to invest a lot of money in the hand.If you want to keep the pot small how much would you bet or would bet at all? I would appreciate it if someone would explain to me how to play small bet poker.

[Copernicus]

To me "small bet poker" means two things...position and relative stack size. The idea is to pick up a lot of blinds and weak calls without risking a big % of your stack. Don't bluff big amounts, don't slow play the big hands, because then you win a little often, but lose a few monster bets.