[ungarstu132]

How many people use the standard raise when playing sngs and mtts. If you dont know what the standard raise is, ill explain it to you.

As depicted by David Sklansky, The Standard Raise is classified as 3xBB + 1BB for every limper.

Example one

Blinds 50/100

seat 1-SB 50
seat 2-BB 100
seat 3-folds
seat 4-limps
seat 5-limps
seat 6 folds
seat 7 is me and i have AK

I want to make the standard raise here, as i have a decent hand and nobody has shown they have a strong hand.

The BB is 100, so theres 300 (3xBB) and 2 limpers theres another 200 (2xBB for every limper) for a total raise of 500.



Example 2

Blinds 100/200

seat 1- SB for 100
seat 2-BB for 200
seat 3-folds
seat 4 is me, i have 99 in early position, so i want to make the standard raise

the BB is 200 so thats 600 (3xBB of 200) and theres no limpers, so thats 0, so the standard raise here would be 600

The standard raise is known by pros to be the "correct raise, but is usually altered. You obviously cant make the same raise every hand in a tournament, so most pros play it like this.

60% of the time you make a raise- you make the standard raise
20% of the time you add about 1 BB to the raise (in this case you would bet 600 instead of 500
and 20% of the time you make a raise- and subtract 1 BB from the raise (in this case you would have bet 400 instead of 500)

I use the standard raise when:
-there are no raises
-i have a decent to premium hand
-OR i have two high cards, or a low pocket pair in late position with no more than 3 limpers

Please let me know what you think about this, if you agree or disagree, and if you use it in SNGs and MTTs.

I hope you all can learn a little from my posts....after all thats the goal !!

Stay tuned for nexts weeks- Do you use it #3-The Continuation Bet and Do you use it #4-The Gap Concept