50NL KK Pre Flop 3B Amount, I'm Confused

[BuddyQ]

NL $50(6 Max)Real money
Small Blind $0.25, Big Blind $0.50
Player 1, amount $45.70
HERO, amount $91.45
Player 3, amount $48
Player 4, amount $83.66
Player 5, amount $46
Player 6, amount $150.39

Player 1: Small Blind ($0.25)
HERO: Big Blind ($0.50)

** Dealing Down Cards **
Dealt to HERO: [Kh, Kc]

Player 3: Fold
Player 4: Fold
Player 5: Fold
Player 6: Raise ($2)
Player 1: Fold

HERO: Raise To ($6) Is this Right?

Or 3x the raise + the blinds - To $6.75?
Or $6.75 MORE ie Raise TO $8.75?

He calls my $6 raise with a small pocket pair looking to flop a set, and does, and stacks me. How much to re-raise him so his call would be a mistake, and yet how big of a 3Bet is too big?

[Spanky1974]

Someone on 2+2 suggested just under 4x the raise. I have been trying that with good success. Make it $7.75. Most of the time you just take it down PF, but if you want more action you can open up your 3bet range and they will start calling more often.

[RAHZero]

For me, it's all based on situations and feel. I play NL $50, and if someone minraises, I'll often repop it up big, to like $5 or so, or even $6 with a cold-caller in between. If someone raises to the standard $1.75-$2, I'll repop to $6 occasionally in position, but more often $7 or so. OOP, I'll go to at least $7, sometimes $8. In general, against a minraise I like to make bigger than pot-sized raises. In position, against a standard raise, I'll make a pot-sized raise or a slightly greater than pot sized raise. OOP, agianst a normal raise, I'll make a bigger than pot sized raise.

In your case, you're OOP against a standard 4xBB raiser. This is a case where I like a bigger than pot-sized raise, to $7. If you 3-bet often, you can raise less, since your opponnent's implied odds won't always be there. If you only 3-bet a very tight range, then you need to raise more to avoid giving him good odds to try and hit his set. In general, a raise that is slightly more than 10% of the effective stack sizes is enough to avoid giving the right set odds to a lower PP.