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So we've made a mad dash from 2 full tables to 2 tables of 5 handed play, ready to merge to the final table. Yes we're in the money. I'm the shorty but feel my stack still retains some fold equity, albeit not for long. This is the 2nd hand dealt while being 5 handed. The first went similarly with a raise and an all in reraise that won the pot preflop. I was not involved in that hand.
Is there anybody who doesn't get all the chips in here and if so what's your line to avoid it?
Also curious to hear who likes a stop n go better than a preflop push here.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1200 (5 handed)
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MP (t34389)
Button (t30956)
SB (t22063)
Hero (t10390)
UTG (t18027)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t2400</font>, <font color="#666666">
3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t10315</font>, UTG calls t7915.
Flop: (t20855) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Turn: (t20855) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
River: (t20855) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Final Pot: t20855
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 9s 9c (two pair, nines and threes).
UTG has Ah Ad (two pair, aces and threes).
Outcome: UTG wins t20855. </font>
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I was getting ready to flame you for reraising with 99, then i realized your stack size. IMO, this is standard with 99 and your stack size. Any lower pairs, I might wait until i could be the first one in the pot, but right now you are ahead of any unpaired hands and more than half the pocket pairs (only 5 pp's better than yours).