Bad Call???

[tedtodd]

UB- NLHE- .50/$1
I'd been playing well all day- and I'm up a little so I thought I'd gamble....
Sitting on the button ($80) I'm dealt a 7 /images/graemlins/heart.gif9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
villian is UTG ($34)

Pre-flop:
Villian raises to $2
3 callers

Flop (board: K /images/graemlins/heart.gif 9 /images/graemlins/club.gif 2 /images/graemlins/heart.gif):
Villian goes all-in for $31.50.
Everyone folds- Hero calls.

Turn (Q /images/graemlins/diamond.gif):

River (9 /images/graemlins/spade.gif):

Showdown:

Villain shows Kc Ad.
two pair, kings and nines.

Hero shows 7h 9h.
three nines.

Hero wins $68.50 with three nines.

When he went all-in, he was shortstacked a little desperate I figured maybe he caught his set- most likely he wants to bank his pair of K's- preflop raise was a giveaway...

Do I have sufficient outs to warrant a call- any heart, 7 or a 9??? I thought it was good....am i just asking for trouble?
Balls of steel? Or all balls no brain???

[rtucker5]

You had a coin flip hand and hit. Easy call. The only hand you are in bad shape against is a set.

For the record from twodimes:

pokenum -h 9h 7h - ad kc -- kh 9c 2h
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 9c Kh 2h
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
9h 7h 496 50.10 494 49.90 0 0.00 0.501
Kc Ad 494 49.90 496 50.10 0 0.00 0.499

[CrisBrown]

Hi tedtodd,

Your call on the flop was fine. It was an even money race, as it often is when you hold two live suited cards and hit a pair-plus-four vs. a bigger pair. In fact, you were a slight favorite, and it would've been an FTOP mistake had you folded.

Cris