NL5 - set on a flush board
 

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button ($5.80)
SB ($8.67)
BB ($10)
UTG ($4.61)
UTG+1 ($1.56)
MP1 ($5.10)
Hero ($9.48)
CO ($5.17)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $0.05.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls $0.05, Hero calls $0.05, CO (poster) checks, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $0.15</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, CO folds.

Flop: ($0.55) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $0.2</font>, SB calls $0.20, MP1 calls $0.20.

Turn: ($1.15) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $0.25</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $1</font>, Hero ?

Re: NL5 - set on a flush board
 

A pair of nines is a nice hand which you need to raise almost always if you play it, especially in middle position. This is a valueraise. Moreover you don't want all sorts of crappy hands come in there, you want to have position on MP1 and you want to get CO out. Not raising in this spot is a fault IMHO. On the flop you have to pot it, you don't want anybody to draw cheaply to a flush. On the turn nobody has shown real strength, MP1 could think he can take the pot cheaply with a semibluff or he is raising with for value with a nonflushhand. I would call here and evaluate the river.

Re: NL5 - set on a flush board
 

Don't know what to say, except for the obvious. Call and hope to pair the board. If it does, bet the pot. If it doesn't, check and see what he bets on the river.

Re: NL5 - set on a flush board
 

raise preflop, flat call the turn raise and hope to fill up, re-evaluate on the river. If the SB shoves, I'd probably fold given how deep you are, but the little donk bet is often a blocker. He may well have the naked As.