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IT'S ALL IN THE MIND!!!
GL in the Primo, hopefully we'll see you on the final table and all will be well again! ;-)
What I was always told was if you are the first into the pot pre flop then you raise by x BB.
However if you are looking to raise a raiser pre flop then dependant upon how many players are to act behind you then you should be looking to raise between 2 -4 times the initial raise, so in this case between 600 and 1200. Now with a premium hand you want a customer so you may look to raise to 600, however given that you have 2 players still to act as well as the blinds a raise of 900 may have been more appropriate.
With your raise of 500, player E was getting odds of approx 2-1 to call, which that player may have considered decent odds for his hand ( we dont know what this player had), once he came in pre flop then player c only needed to call 200 into a pot of apporx 1500, so had pre flop odds of 7-1 to call your raise. Once the flop came down you were going to struggle to get rid of him.
If you had made your raise 900 pre flop instead of 500, then player E would only be getting odds of 1.5 to 1, your reriase suggests strength and hence he would probably fold, or reriase you but unlikely to call. Player C would then be left with having to callout of position a bet of 600 for odds of approx 2-1. That in itself would get rid of a lot of players, but there are players like myself who in that situation look down and see a hand like 7,8 or 9 T and think for the 2-1 odds its worth calling pre flop, dependant upon how we view the reraiser, and see what the flop brings, however this wouldnt be based on what my cards are, but on how I view your game, and the likelyhood of getting paid if I hit big, as well as my chip stack.
I cant comment too much upon your style of play as Ive never played you, but cant argue with the advice given by others so far. The one post I would like to emphasise is the one by Big Bluster
Poker is a game of people played with cards. It is not a game of cards played by people.
Play the person, not the cards.
I know you have not read any books, but if you do get a chance read page 18 of volume 1 of Harrington on Hold Em.
He states that there are 11 elements that need to be considered to justify if you have a playable hand or not. The cards you hold is the 11th thing he considers or says he considers, and that is why I wanted to quote Big Blusters post
I wish you the best of luck in the future and rest assured that proper play is more profitable than fishy play in the long term.
can you please tell me where i can find one of these laptops,
Like the majority above have said you are playing the way the game should be played... but on the flip side you sometimes need to mix your game & play those hands you wouldn't normally in order to confuse & bluff the other players. Just stick at it & try not to get wound up by bad beats, a lot of these fish's will be looking for you to go on tilt & you'll be playing right into their hands.
Good Luck!!!
from your little Feathered friend
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