I like the way this has become "what is the pot bet?" as opposed to "what would you raise to?"
FYI the correct "pot" bet would be 600. (though I couldn"t figure it out at the time)
I actually raised to 900, for no reason other than I couldn"t figure out what a decent raise was (hence posting it on this board) and that 900 was about a third of my stack, commiting myself to the hand.
I was happy to take this down preflop (it was a satty that paid 1 in 4) rather than betting too little and getting multiple callers OOP, which given the play I had seen so far, was extremely likely.
I think the superior bet in most situations, is what eck suggested (pot minus a bit).
Thanks for the replies
The result is irrelevant but I"ll tell you because it was funny.
I raise to 900, limper folds, original min raiser calls, then it went fold, CALL (now I was worried) but then fold fold fold.
flop came down 8 10 10.
I shoved
original raiser folded and the other guy called with 55 because I obviously had AK. No help for him, I double up (+ some) and went on to win a seat (where I then played pants and came nowhere!!)