$16: preflop against loose opponent

[snakekilla88]

Opponent is rather loose.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (6 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Button (t1720)
SB (t1580)
BB (t525)
UTG (t5560)
Hero (t2645)
CO (t1470)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t600</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ????

[Sykes]

How loose? Is he raise 87 here? J9? Is it any 2 broadway, 22+, Ax+? Will he call your push everytime?

I push against loose opponets and hope he folds, or hope I win the flip.

[snakekilla88]

If I had to assign a range its 55+, A6+,K10+

[Davey]

I fold this. Calling would be bad and if he is really loose he would call your push. I dont really want a coinflip right there.

[KPL]

I think I fold this. At best he has a lower pair, but you might very well be flipping againgst two overcards as well. If he's really loose, you won't have much FE to make a push. I'm not really a fan of just calling etiher, but perhaps that's an option if you know how to play postflop poker

[mattak]

No one has pointed out the stack situation at the table. You are second big stack, no reason to get crazy with the table boss. All your other opponents have less than 10x BB. Most of the time the situation at the table has as much if not more influence on my decisions as my hand holding does. Getting to the point where you are not playing all your hands in a vacuum and reading the table will really improve your game.

Fold preflop.

[staresy]

I think fold too. Can I just throw in the fact that you don't close off the action either here. There are still 4 players, all of which might just be getting a little anxious about finding a spot to move.

[Milton19]

I would fold simply because most loose players will call the push and it is likely to be a coin flip. There's no point getting involved in a coin flip at this stage.

[kevdawg21]

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If I had to assign a range its 55+, A6+,K10+

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Maybe i'm too loose, but I take a very different view against the consensus here (which appears to be folding). The only factor that scares me is, as another poster noted, his huge stack. Even that though is a double edged sword. He's the big stack, but you're second in chips and will cut him in half if he calls you can loses.

Otherwise, I think everything calls strongly for you to play this. 99, 6-handed, against a loose player when you have position throughout the rest of the hand (should you choose to call). I'm not very worried about my bad position at the table. If you were to play this hand, I can't see anyone else getting involved without a monster.

Against the range you laid out, i'd be comfortable pushing 99. I think he usually lays down, and your stack increases by 30%! If he does call, I you're usually a small favorite (sometimes a big favorite, rarely a big underdog).

I'd push, but i'd prefer calling to folding. With him being rather loose(and maybe trying to bully the table with his huge stack), I just think 99 is too strong to fold here.