NL B & M question
 

I realize there's probably no one single answer to this, but in general:

If I play in a NL 100 max buy-in in the cardrooms in Vegas, is it still the norm to bet 3-5 times the BB PF and a % of the pot post flop like in tourneys, or are people just betting all over the place?

Thanks in advance.

Re: NL B & M question
 

I have found that mostly people just bet all over the place. Many of the people sitting at a $100 max buy-in game haven't ever really thought about poker theory or custom. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Re: NL B & M question
 

As far as 1-2 goes, it really depends whos at the table. Sometimes people will usually open for 5 or 6 or 8 or 10 etc. At other tables people will often open for 15 or 20.

Its ok to bet big when people are opening for 5, but I wouldnt start making it 6 when the standard is 15.

Re: NL B & M question
 

My 1/2 NL ($100 max) preflop primer.

If the game is loose, with lots of loose preflop calling, my standard raise is $15.

If the game is tight, I keep my standard raise at $10.


It's not uncommon to find games where guys will raise $20 preflop routinely.

Re: NL B & M question
 

At my B&M $1/$2 NL game, the standard preflop raise was $7 (though I tried to vary it a little to keep 'em guessing). $10 would usually drive them out. After the flop, I would sometimes bet $13 (13 is my lucky number, I was 13 years old on Friday the 13th). Then the dealers complained to management that it took them too long to count the chips. Many players wouldn't keep them in stacks of 20. Some players counted them out one at a time (the newbies). So management, in their infinite wisdom, changed the game to bet in only $5 increments. In a $1/$2 game you could call the BB for $2, but, thereafter, each bet was in $5 increments. The action is now terrible. Betting $10 after the flop gets little action. People there don't think of betting relative to pot size. It's more like a limit game after the flop unless someone has a monster or someone is bluffing. I hope they change it back.

Re: NL B & M question
 

That sounds awful. Not the 5$ ruling, the tightness of the table. If I sit down in a casino and watch an 8$ raise take down the blinds more than once...I switch tables asap.