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Originally Posted by jojobinks

yes, but that wasn't the point.

the point was...if you want villain to get X price and he bet y% of pot, you should bet Z much. right? clearly if the pot is 100 and he bets 10 and you feel you're best, raising to 30 is somewhere between dumb and weird (now he's getting 7:1 and pretty much will call with any two and be right to do so). and if he bets 50 and you raise him to 150 (which offers him 2:1) it's much less powerful than if he bet 100 and you make it 400 (which offers him 3:2).

the article seems to me to be pretty typical harrington cook-book type advice, which is okaydokay with me.

Yes, I'm amazed at how many people (and used to be me!) make 3rd-4th-5th street bets based on the blinds or their stack, without realizing that they are begging or forcing a drawing hand to call and beat them. And how betting half the pot gives 3:1 odds....