Gross spot with 9's

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I think not raising preflop in this kind of game is a mistake. When you can expect many coldcallers behind you and aggressive action on all streets, then you can play it for set value by raising and then reevaluating on the flop, when you dont hit your set and the board doesnt look threatening, if you want to proceed by staying the aggressor or folding. By limping you give up too much, I think.

The Flop: You are getting ca. 13:1 to call the cap. IMO this is a fold. Someone could have 89 already, so even if you hit, you might end up split the pot. Anybody with a T9 will still be there on the turn. Somebody with two pair or a set is beating you already. You dont have one clean out, and there actually are only 2 cards in the whole deck, that will be blanks on the turn: 2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] . I would have folded right there.