Hmm alright.... When a player has an all in stack, which I think he does right now with the antes and blinds and goes all in, I put him on such and such hand range. However, if the player just makes a normal raise, risking 1/3 of his stack, I think, wow, he really wants a caller, therefore, I put him on an extremely strong hand like AA or KK. So I was asking you, is part of your reason for raising 1/3 of your stack like that to make people think you have AA and therefore everyone folds? Another question I have is do you think by raising to 12K (you get called by one player) and then pushing any flop has more fold equity then raising all-in preflop. I hope that helps.