Re: 99 against a mini-raise
You have no choice but to fold on the turn, but I'm not sure why you gave away $32 here with 99. You got stubborn after a bad flop hurt your hand, and you made a risky check-raise which got called. That should've been the end of the hand for you unless you hit a set on the turn.
I don't like calling OOP with a hand as good as 99 here. I'd definitely make a pot-sized re-raise and take control of the hand. The strength of an UTG raise is a lot smaller in a 5-handed game than it does in a 10-handed game, so I would assume my 99 is good here. If he calls, I'd probably bet about 1/2 the pot on the flop, knowing I'm giving up if I get called. This would be my default strategy which is all I have to go by since you didn't give any info on UTG's playing style. Against a different opponent, I might call, check-fold...against a player who doesn't fold Ax preflop, I probably wouldn't c-bet...against someone who always looks me up on the flop, I might fire again on the turn, etc.
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12-20-2006, 05:53 PM
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