Re: OESD & Trip 9s - Raise, Call, or Fold?
 

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Does no one else dislike completing with an unsuited middle gap-connected pair of cards?

I call if suited, or JT.

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I dont complete with J9. And I thought you played it okay.

Re: OESD & Trip 9s - Raise, Call, or Fold?
 

UTG is playing like he hit trips on the flop and a FH or Quads on turn.

Re: OESD & Trip 9s - Raise, Call, or Fold?
 

I'm willing to bet that there is no way he hit quads on the turn, but a FH is looking likely.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned someone limping JQ as a distinct possibility. By the time you get to the river, I think you're going to have to fold it. I like the flop bet, and I might have bet the turn and folded when it was two back to me thinking I could be drawing dead.

Re: OESD & Trip 9s - Raise, Call, or Fold?
 

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I like a flop fold here. You only paid half a bet to see the flop, and you may already be behind to QJ. Also, a pair of nines being the best hand on the flop is an assumption.

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This hand does seem pretty vulnerable, but it doesn't seem so easy to get away from before the river either. On the flop I have an OESD to go with middle pair and an (admittedly dangerous if it comes) J overcard. The board is rainbow so I probalby don't have to worry about a flush. On the turn, I have full house chances.

I do think I would have rather checked the flop. It still would have come back two though. I did consider folding there.