Stars $1050 EPT qualifier - check raised on dry flop

[Paul Levy]

My image is reasonably TAG (I think) although I made a few loose calls preflop in position. Villain is quiet and he's played some tricky hands, he's check raised all-in preflop and limp-called TT UTG.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB (t4150)
UTG (t1155)
UTG+1 (t3230)
Hero (t2687)
MP2 (t3020)
MP3 (t2730)
CO (t2370)
Button (t4633)
SB (t1645)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t90</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, SB calls t75, BB calls t60, UTG+1 calls t60.

Flop: (t360) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, SB folds, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t600</font>, Hero ?

[Patrio]

uhm, raise more preflop? as played I would fold because this line looks like a pp who hit a set.. But still raise more preflop

[DesertCat]

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uhm, raise more preflop? as played I would fold because this line looks like a pp who hit a set.. But still raise more preflop

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or a7 trying to find out where he's at.

[woodguy]

I like calling and then calling all the way and betting if checked to at any point.

Not a lot of reason to think you are behind, but no reason at all to raise, you lose value when ahead and behind.

Regards,
Woodguy

[JamieO]

Tough spot. I would have played it the same way you did thus far, and without a decent read i think i would call here. This really looks like a set played by your average player, except why would he check raise the flop instead of check call? If he had a set on such an unthreating board wouldnt he just check call? Its a tough call though because his call preflop doesnt make sense for any hand that he would be check raising with on the flop besides a set. My guess is that he thinks you are c-betting with two high cards and is just trying to push you off, or he has 78s, 88, maybe even 1010. Call.

oh, and raise a little more preflop

[Foucault]

Raise more pre-flop. I think you can safely fold the flop. Think of all the hands with which you would raise a limper pre-flop and then bet hard into this many callers on this flop. Unless you are a psychopath, 99 ought to be among the worst hands your opponent expects you to have. You are representing a big pair, and he wants to get all the money in, which means you ought to fold.

[Cornell Fiji]

I agree that this is a fold for the reasons that Foucault mentioned.