A good player will raise the blinds from the button like 50% of the time, so you shouldn't give your opponent credit for 2 overs. Of course, if you believe this, you should definitely raise preflop.
If you were the last to raise preflop, then by all means, lead after the flop, since he's overall less likely to fire, and much less likely to fire with no piece.
If you didn't raise preflop, and don't raise on the flop, and he checks behind? Well, too bad. You're giving him another card, but you were willing to give him 3 by just calling preflop.
Also, about amounts, I like raising around 80% of the pot almost always. Could be more on a very "action" flop or less on a very dry flop, but it doesn't really depend on what I have (whether or not I raise of course depends on what I have). Less than half the pot is almost always out of the question except in specific situations, like on a very dry turn, when around 25% of the stacks are already in. Then half-pot (or even a tiny bit less) is of course fine.
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Re: How you should have played it.
Date: 2007-01-11 21:04 (UTC)A good player will raise the blinds from the button like 50% of the time, so you shouldn't give your opponent credit for 2 overs. Of course, if you believe this, you should definitely raise preflop.
If you were the last to raise preflop, then by all means, lead after the flop, since he's overall less likely to fire, and much less likely to fire with no piece.
If you didn't raise preflop, and don't raise on the flop, and he checks behind? Well, too bad. You're giving him another card, but you were willing to give him 3 by just calling preflop.
Also, about amounts, I like raising around 80% of the pot almost always. Could be more on a very "action" flop or less on a very dry flop, but it doesn't really depend on what I have (whether or not I raise of course depends on what I have). Less than half the pot is almost always out of the question except in specific situations, like on a very dry turn, when around 25% of the stacks are already in. Then half-pot (or even a tiny bit less) is of course fine.