A couple spots with 99 at 109 FT

[pegusus]

I hate these spots and I really hate them at FTs with no wiggle room, but anyway, was my play and more specifically bet sizing okay in each situation?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t5000 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter

SB (t55380)
BB (t53156)
UTG (t121618)
Hero (t191420)
MP1 (t279818)
MP2 (t188346)
MP3 (t112929)
CO (t71083)
Button (t150250)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t15000</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, Button calls t15000, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: (t34000) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t25000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t50000</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t109000



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t6000 (8 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter

Button (t96360)
SB (t103018)
Hero (t135320)
UTG (t300518)
UTG+1 (t173822)
MP1 (t230558)
MP2 (t8554)
CO (t175850)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t18000</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, Hero calls t12000.

Flop: (t34200) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t22000</font>, UTG+1 calls t22000.

Turn: (t78200) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets t36000</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t114200

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
No showdown. UTG+1 wins t114200. </font>

[Bakes]

1 - you can raise less pf you know. bet less on the flop and fold, I dont think this is bad because you can't call anything if you check.

2 - if he's been aggro at all from EP i think you can reraise to get it in. If not, just c/f flop.

[Mench]

1 - I agree with Bakes that raising less is fine thought I don't think a giant difference since we are calling a SB BB shove if we had made it 13000 which would probably be my open.

I think betting 20k, though on the small side, would accomplish the same thing post.

2 - I probably shove this if hes avg aggrressiveness. Also, leading is really bad here.

[Bakes]

The point of opening smaller is so you save chips when you get action from the bigger stacks when they do give you action and you have to release your hand.