Despite all of the tips I've written about this week, you're still likely to come upon numerous situation where you're just not sure what the correct bet size is. Chances are that you'll narrow it down to a certain range, but you may not be sure what in that range to bet. For instance, you may feel that a bet in the range of $40-$50 is correct in a given situation...but how do you decide what in that range to bet?
The best rule of thumb is to bet on the higher end of that range. This will rarely be a major mistake, while betting too little can get you into trouble. If you're betting too much, you might occasionally turn a call you wanted from an opponent into a fold (or, in the better case, the extra few dollars will be just enough to make your bluff work). That can be annoying, but you still win the pot. When you bet too little, you might give another player the correct odds to call on a draw, or get a call from a hand that beats you, but which you might have knocked out of the pot with a larger bet.
The bottom line? Next time you're not sure what to bet, go a little bigger -- you'll rarely regret it. While a bet that's too big might cost you a few dollars, a bet that's too small can cost you the entire pot.
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