[RyanJM]

I agree with Ry's strategy, it's what I've been doing for a while now. In simple terms, it makes your opponent pay more to see a flop, which puts more chips in when you are in position; but, it keeps the pot small enough that your c-bet doesn't take a huge chunk from your stack like it would if you raised 150 and had to c-bet 150/200 which would take a huge chunk from your stack should you miss and your opponent hit the flop. It's great to raise 150 if you're hitting or he misses, but I think it takes away your edge if you get a short run of bad cards and are down below 800 just from raising and c-betting w/nothing. Much easier to exploit a player post-flop than pre.