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I am glad we didnt see this is 10NL shove, comments. I def dont think you can fold this flop at all. I am also all for a large raise PF. By the looks of your name you are prob a sng player moving into some NL cash games. With the stacks being a little deeper we like to raise a little more PF for a number of reasons. As far as improving your results in this situation...you need to probably take better notes and know what your opposition is capable of. You should try and know if this player is going to raise on a flop like this with an AQ type hand, a draw, air, sets (a lot of players at 10NL would slowplay in this spot). I think knowing your opposition is the key to improving your results in spots like this because this is really one of those it depends situations. It depends on your opponents tendencies.
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I have been advised in
This Thread to raise more preflop and I thought a PSB would be sufficent. Could you outline the "Number of reasons" to raise more than PSB Preflop please?
Sugar Nut
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One of the main reasons is to inflate the pots a little more to give us the ability to get all of the deeper stacks in the pot, but most of this is done post flop with our bet sizing. Another reason is the implied odds pf with these small raises. If I am in late pos and a weak TAG raises UTG to .3 (He prob has a big hand and will probably go broke with a big hand if I outflop him) and gets one caller, I can call with such a wide range of hands because I know if I get a favorable flop I can stack him off. Another reason is less multi-way pots (maybe not at uNL) which make decision making much easier.
Also taking from Pro No limit vol 1 SPRs and PRF size go hand in hand. If you have a hand that doesnt do well at a certain SPR you may want to make a different raise size to avoid a situation that is tough to play post flop. I am not the hugest fan of raising different sizes preflop, but I guess if you can isolate against certain players this is a valueable tool also. Search the forum for more discussion on this.