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What I often see is if the raise is too large, it seems to entice folks to go all-in. At this stage I don’t want anyone going all-in because I won’t know what it means (QQ-AA, AQ+, any 2 pushing for chips).


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Once again, I've been seeing this idea in recent posts. IMHO, it's just an excuse for weak play.

With the fourth-best starting hand, you *want* to entice people all-in!

It's rare to be certain of anything in poker. You just have to make the best read you can, try to get your chips in as the favorite, and hope for the best as the cards hit the board.

So you raise. So somebody else pushes all-in. Now you have a decision to make, based on your reads. Welcome to poker.

But you absolutely cannot let the fact that somebody *might* re-raise you stop you from making a strong *initial* bet when you have what is likely to be the best starting hand at the table.

I hope I'm not being too strident here, but this is a very important point.