"Raise more next time"....or..."You didn't raise enough". How many times have you seen that post? Usually those statements are made by a player who just called a 10x the BB raise with J9 because it was suited and cracked your AA or KK.
The rules of raising aren't really applicable these days or maybe because it's a free site.
Players seem to call based soley on the size of their stack and a desire to play a hand. I'm not talking about a big stack vs a short stack but in an equal stack even money pot.
I was early in a tourney with KK with 1500 in chips. The blinds were 15/30 and there were 4 callers in front of me. I raised 10 x the blind to 300. I would have been happy to pick up the limpers and blinds. I got one caller, he too had 1500 in chips. The flop was K-9-3 rainbow. I moved all in to end the hand or double up. I got called and the hands were exposed.
My opponent held J9 suited in spades. Of course the board hitt runner runner spades and my set of K's died.
I sarcastically said "Nice preflop call for a raise"...he responded with "Raise more next time"...Really?...How much more should I raise to get you to fold a jack high hand? 20% of your stack isn't enough? Wait...it was soooted...LOL. (odds of flopping a flush are less than 1%)
The question of how much to raise seems to have no standard answer here. Players decide they're playing a hand and don't read raises by how many times the blind the raise is but how many chips they will have left if they call. They seem to be willing to risk a greater % of their stacks on inferior starting hands.
Hands that I would pot build with in most cases...here I tend to push all in and pray I don't get called.
Statements like..."Raise more next time"....or..."You didn't raise enough" seem to be cop outs for bad calls. How much should a player raise?
TJW427
You must remember that at $20 a month to play all you want,a donkey call is not risky financially. If he/she loses they move to another game. If they win it just reinforces their wronheaded logic.Shake it off and remember except for pride in your play ,you didn't lose anything. Move on!