Ive been playing NL Hold em tournies for a few months now online and have gotten much better as of late. I was wanting to become even better so I began watching how some people who have had greater success than I have. I noticed that by the mid stage of the game, if they want to play the hand they always raise to about 3 or 4 times the size of the BB. I began trying this whenever I felt a certain hand was playable. My question is what to do after the flop comes and it does not help me and looks fairly scary? For instance, one tourny I raised to 3x the size of the BB from middle position with KQs and only had one caller. The flop came 3 4 5 rainbow. I bet 2x the size of the BB to try to get the person to fold since the flop was all low cards. He called and so on the turn and river I once again tried to bluff him out of the pot. On the river he raised me all in. He had A 2 and had flopped a straight. But even if he didnt flop that straight, he had me beat with high card A. Looking back, I obviously made the wrong play. What is the general strategy for raising preflop on a playable hand and then the flop comes and it doesnt help you at all? Thanks a lot for the help.
if u're gona bet, bet big at least the size of the pot... do this everytime... no need to bet small? what does that mean? if someone bet small vs me, i'l call, and if a scare card come off on the turn, i'm all-in, no matter how good a hand i have...
but if i feel he has something, get out! u had no draw, just K high, any old A would beat u, so would 22 or 77... unpaired K high cards are not good at showdown...
