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It is hard to have any hard and fast rules in the game of poker. There are thousands of the variables in any given hand, if not more, and sticking to a hard-line set of rules could leave you vulnerable. Still, there are a number of guidelines that make an awful lot of sense, covering everything from starting hands in a game of Holdem to how to play a draw hand, what kind of pot odds you need to call with two over cards and whether or not you should slow play a pair of aces. When it comes to one of the most important parts in a game of Holdem - how much to bet - many players don't have any rules or guidelines at all.
What are the rules of making a bet? It depends somewhat on what you're hoping to accomplish by betting. If you hope to buy the pot right there, you bet higher; if you want people to call you, you bet lower, but the question still remains exactly how much do you bet?
Your job as a poker player is to help the other poker players make mistakes, and the best way to do that is to force them to pay the wrong amount to play a hand. By manipulating the pot odds due to the amount you are betting, you can give them the wrong odds to call. They may still call your hand, but that is okay - you have done your job. As far as the rule of thumb. If you don't know the exact amount to bet, stick with around 75% of the amount that is already in the pot. This will lead most hands to the incorrect play if calling.
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