Quote Originally Posted by JeffreyGB
Also, depending on how much it's affecting your stack size, in tournaments it can be incorrect to call while chasing, even if you are getting the odds. This is because your EV for made hands later is drastically higher than just about anything you could make based on the odds the pot is offering you at that point (due to rising blinds). Losing chips = less power to capitalize on better hands later (when the blinds are bigger and the pots matter more).
Thanks for the heads up. I usually chase early on when the blinds aren't too big and the raises postflop don't effect my stack too much, provided I have a draw on the flop. I have trouble letting go of a draw postflop early on because its usually not too costly to see the turn, and at least I see a bit of action.

Also Re:Blinds. I'd like to sit everyone down and have a blind increase every15 minutes, but the game tends to get held up by drinks/cigarette breaks (we tend to have a few) so we only get through an orbit every half hour (which is slow, I know) but i think we'll change the doubling structure, and just increase smaller everytime we lose someone, instead of losing 2. Cheers