Quote Originally Posted by aislephive
What limit in 6 max can you bet pot on the button after the whole table has limped and get the pot heads up?
I think you're suggesting that we're comparing apples to oranges here, and there is probably some validity to that concern It's probably a fair assumption that when you bet the pot at $25NL on the button with 3 limps ahead that a raise of $1.50 won't get much respect. But that is something you need to take into consideration based on the table. If all a pot bet results in is a call around making a huge party pot on the flop, then don't keep doing it! Instead you limp, as you're supporting in this forum, or overbet the pot for like $3-4\ (at $25nl), if all a pot sized bet is doing is increasing the amount of money in the pot when you have marginal holdings (SCs). What it boils down to is knowing the game that is being played and realizing your place in it. Sometimes this means limping, sometimes raising. But I still fall down on the side of raising because of what raising does in a general sense at the NLHE table. I just don't like to limp unless I do it in such a circumstance that I like my hand/position and that I can expect a PFR from someone else on the table. Of course I do limp, of course. But I don't like it and I try to find a reason to do it as opposed to trying to find a reason not to do it. When I started taking that approach in a general sense I started playing winning poker.

FWIW, I normally play anywhere from 1/2NL-5/10NL tables depending on what is a good game. When you lay down a pot sized bet at those levels, maybe it's more noticeable and therefore respected because of the dollar amount (at 5/10 you're looking at 50-75 if you want to slightly overbet the pot, too).