$50 PS reg - 99 in BB facing UTG raise.

[pokerlaw]

UTG isn't a maniac or anything, I can see him laying down to a push possibly. The two shorter stacks have been hanging around and the SB is using his big stack very liberally.

Do you push, call, or fold here?

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t3575)
CO (t825)
Button (t415)
SB (t6690)
Hero (t1995)

Preflop: Hero is in BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
<font color="red">UTG raises to t450</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="gray">Button folds</font>, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, <font color="red">Hero ??

[vinyard]

Hmm, This is a rare instnace where I am pretty happy to lay down 99 5 handed with only one other play in the pot. I don't like a push with 12BBs behind and two stacks &lt;4BB; you said he isn't a maniac but if he is sitiing on a bigger pair (v bad) or two over (still bad) that's not a race you want. You certainly don't have the implied odds to call for a set (basically 3:1 effective) and you are OOP. I vote fold&gt;push&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;call.

[caretaker1]

With the two small stacks and the raise coming from a non-maniac UTG, I see no problem with folding. I can't imagine you have a whole lot of FE considering his position and the fact that he has almost double your stack.

[curtains]

obvious fold

[pokerlaw]

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obvious fold

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is it so obvious really? here is a devil's advocate attempt to justify a push (a call is not worth mentioning):

give him a 10% chance of having a junkish hand, so he'll fold those i feel. if he calls w/ a range of 77+,ATs+,KQs,ATo+,KQo - then its a coinflip to be in a position to have a nice stack that can play for first. Folding sets up for a 3rd place situation much more frequently. Any merit to any of this??