In one of Daniel's earlier but recent video blog he went on to discuss his tournament and previous hands within it. One that really stuck out to me was the one where he had AA in middle position, the chip leader was on the button and a tight player raised in early postion 3k. DN picks up AA and reraises 9k (or to 9k?). When the chip leader calls and the tight player folds, he braces himself. So when a 5 falls on the turn he says he checked in order to keep the pot minimal. The chip leader checks behind him. The river pairs the 8. Here, Daniel says he overbet the pot but he asks what we think the best bet would have been. He states 25k would have been the best bet. The guy folded bc he overbet the pot, showing that he had JJ. So 25k would have been the best bet because why? I believe it is because if he bet 12k on the flop and the guy called, he was going to call off 25k with the losing hand as well, now that he was involved. If Daniel was beat, that bet wasn't extremely dangerous, and it would kinda prove as a "feel bet", as opposed to showing weakness and checking in front of him.

What does everyone else think? OH and another thing, I really want to know what the blinds were at this table in the first place. Does ne1 happen to know?

One would assume that the "perfect" bet is to double the previous bet in hopes of getting value for what at the time seems to be the best hand.

If the other player has a better hand, you'll know instantly when he comes over the top (of course you have to get a read here too, but let's just say he indicates strength). If he has a hand that was worth calling the 12k on the flop, one would assume he will call 20 - 25k (approx 1/2 pot sized bet) just to find out where he was. By over betting (not giving good value for information), you only get called or raised by a better hand, in which case you just tossed away a bunch of chips.

Too low, and you leave money on the table - you get insta-called, when you could have extracted more money.

just what I think makes sense. Apparently not too far off of what DN was thinking, cause I guessed correctly watching the vlog - yeah me....

I think that the proper bet here would be the 25k. If his opponent comes over the top of that for a big raise he can still fold and save himself the extra 13k. With the 38k overbet you are most likely only called if you are beat and if he gets reraised he is beat and wasted the extra 13k.