$6.5 - Time for some squeeze play with pocket nines?

[vMario]

<font color="blue"> UTG was really LOOSE, playing every second hand. MP was somewhat stupid as well, no idea of SnG strategy. Is this too much here? NB, This is not something I normally do. </font>

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

Hero (t1840)
SB (t1045)
BB (t4395)
UTG (t2255)
MP (t3965)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t300</font>, MP calls t300, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1840</font>

[justatrey]

With your reads I'd shove this all day. I'd fold if I knew either player was really solid. Since they're both morons you're only up against a bigger pair occasionally. Most likely scenarios are you take it down uncontested, or are flipping with some good overlay which I think is a good thing given the stacks. Also you'll get called by a smaller pair just as often as a bigger one (since they're loose/morons), so could even be big favorite.

[pifhluk]

With your stack and 100 blinds I would do this with JJ+ if you were closer to 10bb and your reads then 88+ aq, ak

[santiagoz]

There´s a lot of dead money in the pot, but i think mp can be calling very light her, don´t? Despite the overlay, i don´t like fliping this early.
I´m confused about his hand.

[RexWoo]

Looks good if you don't give any respect for his UTG opening.

[justatrey]

I used to fold, but starting shoving in spots like this because I've been working on a distribution problem (I was something horrible like 9/13/18 for a while). I got tired of sneaking into 3rd all the time. I think shoving in spots like this (only with your reads) will increase your # of firsts but obv decrease your ITM.

[DeuceSeven]

Standard based on reads.

[cougar62]

Yeah good shove. We pick up 750 (almost half our stack) when the blinds fold and double up our fair share of the time. Sure the blinds are relatively low but any time there's about 40% of my stack in the pot and I think I've got a good chance at picking it up or more I'm taking it.