99 facing a shove
 

I felt that 3x raise from such a short stack was very strong but 99 was the best hand I got in like 30min. What should I do? look for a better spot or gamble to get some chips?


Poker Stars, $50 + $5 NL Hold'em Tournament, 400/800 Blinds, 9 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

UTG: 10,340
UTG+1: 21,763
UTG+2: 21,825
MP1: 6,660
MP2: 18,750
Hero (CO): 8,937
BTN: 7,783
SB: 5,755
BB: 16,625

Pre-Flop: (1,875) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (CO)
3 folds, <font color="red">MP1 raises to 2,400</font>, MP2 folds, <font color="red">Hero???

Re: 99 facing a shove
 

Read dependent. No matter what its an all-in or fold situation. Raiser just put in 1/3 of their chips and you have only 11 BB's left. You want the others to go away if you're in this with 99.

If you feel they are shoving with any 2 good cards, you may be ahead on a coinflip. If its a solid, very tight player I would fold as they may be setting up a trap with AA, KK or such. Having that little in chips and only going in with a standard raise with 5 players to go is fishy. Either baiting the hook or a bad player.

Re: 99 facing a shove
 

Yes his raise is disconcerting but he has like 7 BB's and plenty of morons don't realize they should be shoving and you have 99 with like 11 BB's so you are all in.

Re: 99 facing a shove
 

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Yes his raise is disconcerting but he has like 7 BB's and plenty of morons don't realize they should be shoving and you have 99 with like 11 BB's so you are all in.

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Re: 99 facing a shove
 

I did shove as you guys said. He showed QQ and I lost. Just wanted to make sure my shove wasn't terrible. Thanks.