99 in bb with limpers late 4.40

[markbris]

Late in 4.40 couple of the limpers are loose, ones a bit tighter. Standard check or a raise?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (8 handed) internettexasholdem.com

MP2 (t8875)
CO (t4522)
Button (t5765)
SB (t8605)
Hero (t10080)
UTG (t28775)
UTG+1 (t13376)
MP1 (t24581)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t300, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls t300, Button calls t300, SB completes, Hero ?

[KidSensation]

I raise it up here. Make a pot-sized raise (1200-1500) and I think you see a lot of folds here. 99 is a hand that I don't like check folding on a nasty looking flop. If I'm going to play it, I'm going to try to get some value out of it and in this case I think what's in the pot right now is enough value with you being OOP.

[donquay]

I'd probably shove, happy to pick up a 1500 pot plus antes...if you get a caller you're in a flip at worst and maybe a smaller pp calls thinking he's in a flip.

Of course if it's me shoving I run into a guy who was very trappy with a monster hoping to induce a raise/shove.

[BarryLyndon]

Yeah, push. You can't be afraid of MP1 here, he is most likely splashing chips around; if he's trapping, so be it. If you raise to 1600 and get a call, you're going to be scratching your head on too many flops.

Barry

[Acein8ter]

Or, you can check your option and hope to hit a 9... If not and there is aggression, fold it. Wait for another hand as you have a stack to continue playing. No reason to take a big hit or go out w/9's...

[erc007]

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Late in 4.40 couple of the limpers are loose, ones a bit tighter. Standard check or a raise?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (8 handed) internettexasholdem.com

MP2 (t8875)
CO (t4522)
Button (t5765)
SB (t8605)
Hero (t10080)
UTG (t28775)
UTG+1 (t13376)
MP1 (t24581)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t300, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls t300, Button calls t300, SB completes, Hero ?

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your def ahead of everyone's range here, but prob not by that much. With 33BBs it's kinda hard here to raise over 3 limpers OOP. I think the important read here is MP1, CO and button are less significant b/c they are overlimping and have smaller stacks. If you think MP1 folds hands like JTs and QJs and KQo, then raising is good. But if you make it 1800-2000 and he flatcalls (with a big stack) those kind of hands and sometimes shoves smaller PP's...your going to have a tough decision either pre or on the flop (when overcards hit and u have to bet 1st.) Easy call if MP1 folds and one of the other two call/shove. If u can narrow MP1's calling range then i like raising to 1800-2000. I wouldn't even mention shoving, except i know that some posters will be advocating it (very, very bad IMO.)

[kenny7]

You don't think pushing here is way to excessive an overbet? I understand a sizable raise is right,but 10k seems a little too much to me.

[Acein8ter]

If it's late in the tourney when the blinds are bigger, I'll push to take down the pot... (Squeeze)

The only problem with this is when someone in EP limps KK-AA and wants an aggro LP player to squeeze... (Been on each end of the play)

[SuperUberBob]

Well, a reasonable raise would end up being somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500-3000 chips. That's a lot to commit. You might as well just shove preflop. I hate shoving with a deep stack, but this is a fair spot to do it.

[usha]

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Well, a reasonable raise would end up being somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500-3000 chips. That's a lot to commit. You might as well just shove preflop.


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