2 different 99 hands, lvl 1 PP...what should I do?
 

I think I'm likely ahead in both..but is it silly to get caught up in this in lvl 1? I don't have reads yet..the blinds are small...I find myself folding in these situations...what should I be doing?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP1 (t745)
MP2 (t590)
MP3 (t395)
Hero (t945)
Button (t955)
SB (t1350)
BB (t565)
UTG (t1695)
UTG+1 (t760)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, Hero calls t15, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t60</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls t45, UTG calls t45, Hero calls t45.

Flop: (t247.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t200</font>, UTG folds, Hero folds, Button folds.

Final Pot: t447.50




Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Hero (t800)
Button (t800)
SB (t800)
BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)
MP3 (t800)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t50</font>, Button calls t50, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t82.5</font>, BB calls t70, Hero calls t35, Button calls t35.

Flop: (t337.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t100</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t200</font>, Hero folds, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t300</font>, BB calls t100.

Turn: (t937.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets t250</font>, SB calls [t425] , BB calls [t180] t250.

River: (t1187.50) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t1187.50

Re: 2 different 99 hands, lvl 1 PP...what should I do?
 

The first one is tough. I'll leave that to someone else.

I'd probably push the second one (although it's close, and I can see why someone would fold). It's tough cuz there's a flush draw, a straight possibility, a possibility that the original raiser (or someone else for that matter) has an overpair to your 9s, and 2 pair if someone played 87s or something. However, I think that you get shown A8 (or some other crap) too often to fold this.

Will

Re: 2 different 99 hands, lvl 1 PP...what should I do?
 

I can't see folding to a lead-out on the first hand. Are you playing 99 purely for set value? Are you automatically giving villain credit for an 8? Second hand is tough. Without reads I might get scared off by the strange action (bet, minraise). I might just as soon put in a 2nd raise to find out where I am, but I don't think I'm looking to commit that many (500?) chips with this hand.

Re: 2 different 99 hands, lvl 1 PP...what should I do?
 

Well, I think if I'm going to continue with the hand..i pretty much have to push with the action in both hands. I don't think he has an 8...but am I willing to put all my chips at risk in lvl 1 to prove it...to see 2 overcards? To see a bigger pair? I don't know.

Re: 2 different 99 hands, lvl 1 PP...what should I do?
 

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