Riddle me this Batman...

[EchoOfThunder]

The rule I follow with preflop raises is... (hope everyone remembers logic class)

If my stack AND my opponent's stack are both 15x the preflop raise, call every time.

If my stack OR the opponent's stack is less than 10x the preflop raise then never call.

In between, use your judgment.


You are basically playing for set value, and if the raise is big, then he's more likely to have a high pair, which means youre more likely to get his stack if you hit a set. However, your probability of hitting a set is 1 in 8.5, so if you call raises in the less than 10x case, then you are giving yourself a -EV situation cause some of the time you wont get a stack.