Playing 99 from middle position

[willperkins]

I did not play this hand well at all. Please advise on how you would have played it. This is a 10/1 tourney. I have no real reads on anyone mainly because I am playing two tourneys at the same time

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB (t2550)
UTG (t1560)
UTG+1 (t1870)
MP1 (t310)
Hero (t1440)
MP3 (t935)
CO (t1470)
Button (t1895)
SB (t1470)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (t175) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t75</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t150</font>, BB folds

Hero??

[microbet]

Seems like betting 75 of the flop was asking for it to be taken away.

I think either betting 150, check/raising, or check/folding would be better. I'd probably bet 150.

[yoadrians]

Hate the preflop play. You should be raising 3X or 4X the big blind here. Limping is just weak, IMHO. And it's getting you in a lot of trouble, because ...

Because you didn't raise preflop, you've also just made the flop WAY too difficult for yourself. I mean, this guy could have ANYTHING. You just don't know, because you didn't test him preflop.

I'm either re-raising to about 500 or pushing on the flop. No way I'm laying it down, though. And if I lose to A3o or a higher pocket pair, I kick myself - AGAIN - for not raising preflop.