Two nines in the big blind

[Hollywade]

This hand happened at the final table. My opponent UTG is a very strange player. I had him at 15 VP$IP/0 PFR over about 100 hands. I never saw him raise, and I really didn't remember him winning any pots. Honestly, I have no idea how he was still in the tournament with this style of play.

Anyway, I know he must be limping with some hands that are actually worthy of a raise. However, I have to like 99, especially as the short stack in a five-handed game. I felt I had to raise preflop here.

It seemed like a good flop for two nines. I honestly don't really know where my opponent is. On the other hand, I'm not going to check 99 with just one overcard. With my stack, I felt I had one move. I made it.

This seems pretty standard, but with such a nitty weird opponent, I thought there might be some different schools of thought on how to play this hand.

Thoughts?

Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, 1,500/3,000 Blinds, 400 Ante, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BTN: 81,209
SB: 82,203
Hero (BB): 53,430
UTG: 85,052
CO: 178,106

Pre-Flop: (6,500) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG calls 3,000, 2 folds, SB calls 1,500, <font color="red">Hero raises to 14,000</font>, UTG calls 11,000, SB folds

Flop: (33,000) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets 39,030 and is All-In</font>