99 on level 3

[dfscott]

I think I could've played this better, but I'm not sure how. Raise pre-flop to isolate? Bet out the flop?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed) converter

Button (t1590)
Hero (t680)
BB (t1155)
UTG (t840)
MP1 (t1285)
MP2 (t1790)
CO (t660)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t200) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t100</font>, MP2 folds, Hero folds, BB folds.

Final Pot: t300

[TheUsher]

If you were going to raise, only possible option is all-in. I'd be happy to take down the 3x50+25SB there and increase my stack 20%.

[morgan180]

i don't think a PF raise here is going to help you on this flop. level 3 i take this same line.

if you only had the one MP limper I'd raise, but the UTG limp just never looks right - what $$ are you at?

[lorinda]

I'm going to almost utterly ignore this hand and concentrate on something else.
FWIW the hand looks fine.

Bet out the flop?

You did this recently with 88 or something similar.

Why do you keep trying to bet flops you have missed? If you really want to bet a flop you have missed, you're better putting the chips in preflop when you might still be ahead.

Lori

[morgan180]

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Why do you keep trying to bet flops you have missed?

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i agree - not being weak doesn't mean betting every flop.

[wuwei]

You played it well. I don't like the idea of playing 99 out of position here for a raise.

The only other possibility I see is to push preflop.

[The Yugoslavian]

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If you were going to raise, only possible option is all-in. I'd be happy to take down the 3x50+25SB there and increase my stack 20%.

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Yes, if you're going to complete....you can't play that flop.

Allin preflop is an option, however...

Yugoslav

[curtains]

I would have moved allin preflop here, mainly because of your stack size. 680 chips is not a lot, and with 175 in the pot already, I don't want to mess around and see a flop, when I likely have the best hand.

If you had more chips (around 800-900), or the blinds were smaller (15-30), I would be more apt to call and hope to hit a favorable flop.

In the actual hand, after you just called preflop, I believe you were correct to fold after checking. Your other option is to bet out the flop, but I'm not a big fan. I think allin preflop is clearly the best play here.

[Phil Van Sexton]

Push preflop. This what I was talking about the other day.

What would you do with this hand on the button on level 4 (50/100)? You'd push, of course. Well, there's more money to be had here (175 in pot), so why are you fooling around with a call?

[Scuba Chuck]

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I'm going to almost utterly ignore this hand and concentrate on something else.
FWIW the hand looks fine.

Bet out the flop?

You did this recently with 88 or something similar.

Why do you keep trying to bet flops you have missed? If you really want to bet a flop you have missed, you're better putting the chips in preflop when you might still be ahead.

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Lori, I'm pretty sure this is nothing like that 88 hand. Hero didn't bet out here. And I'm confident his question is concerning preflop actions, not postflop.

We hope hero has learned that betting out postflop when he's missed has been plugged.