Gross spot with 9's

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just curious what raising preflop here in a game like this without position accomplishes?

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I think James covered it, but since you're asking me...

You raise this for value. It has an equity edge, and it's not negligible.

There is also metagame value there. Bad low limit players tend to make "one hand reads", IMO. They see you do something that may look bad to them once and they'll forever see you in that light. This happened to me the other night when I called a serial bluffer w/ J high on the river. MHIG, and for the rest of the night he was three betting me super light (by super light, I mean w/ 97o) and making ridiculous calldowns. Show them your raising range isn't just TT+ and AQ+ and you make yourself very difficult to play against.