[NL50] 999 board and 77 in the hole

[Gesangsverein]

How do you think about this ?

Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker Hand History Converter

BB: $113.80
UTG: $46.75
MP: $29.95
Hero (CO): $58.60
BTN: $10.90
SB: $18.95

Pre-Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7 dealt to Hero (CO)
UTG folds, MP calls $0.50, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2.50</font>, 2 folds, BB calls $2, MP calls $2

Flop: ($7.75) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 Players)
BB checks, MP checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $6</font>, BB folds, <font color="red">MP raises to $12</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $56.10 and is All-In</font>, MP calls $15.45 and is All-In

Turn: ($62.65) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($62.65) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $62.65 Pot ($3 Rake)

[iRunBad123]

this is usually terrible. unless u know he is a donkey

[billip62]

for less than half a buy in I'm tempted for sure. They really didn't represent much preflop which would lead me to believe it's a smaller pocket than 77. I think you're worried about 88, but very rarely 1010 or JJ.

I'm going to say it's fine, but close.

[thac]

You don't really need to bet as much on the flop.. 4.5 accomplishes the same things and get calls from weaker hands. That said, against a half-stack I don't really mind it if you think he's gonna do this with ace high or 66 and lesser pairs.

[bsball8806]

Don't you feel like he'd raise a higher PP preflop? I also think if he had a 9, he would slowplay it and just call your bet on the flop.

NH, especially against a 60 BB stack.

[thac]

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Don't you feel like he'd raise a higher PP preflop?

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I wouldn't assume such things about your unknown opponents.

[Gesangsverein]

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Don't you feel like he'd raise a higher PP preflop?

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I wouldn't assume such things about your unknown opponents.

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This is why I`m not that sure about this hand. Especially in NL50 we can`t assume that our opponents raise or even 3-bet hands like TT, JJ, etc.
What makes this hand so difficult imho is his minraise on the flop
=&gt; this might easily be a bluff or a ANY (whereas a higher pair is more likely I think) pair - I really don`t worry about the case nine here, it`s just too unlikely...

The possibiliy of him holding just two high cards makes it a bad choice to just call here because we never know where we stand if a T,J,Q,K or A hits and he goes on beting.
But because of the possiblity of him holding a higher pair than sevenes - which he probably won`t fold - raising might turn this hand into the worse chase scenario.

Really, I`m confused. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]