Call or not from the BB?
 

Just want to see where everybody stands on this hand. Do you call a raise here or no?

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls, SB calls, Hero ??

Re: Call or not from the BB?
 

No way

Re: Call or not from the BB?
 

I would call here with hands as bad as 75s and 97s but not 95.

Re: Call or not from the BB?
 

Insta-fold unsoooted rags.

Re: Call or not from the BB?
 

Grunch-time.....

Hero turbo mucks.


Rich

Re: Call or not from the BB?
 

It is probably close but not enough hand to call. You also have to be somewhat worried about a backraise so that is another minus.

The probability that you will flop 3 specific cards of different ranks (with none of your rank) is 4*4*4*6/50*49*48 = .0033

Favorible flops:

432 = .0033
643 = .0033
764 = .0033
876 (straight) = .0033
T87 = .0033
JT8 = .0033
2-pair (or a house) = .022
Trips = .015

Total = 5.7% = 16.5:1 against hitting a $$ making flop

You are only getting 13:1 so it is a fold as painful as it may be. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Brad

Re: Call or not from the BB?
 

Getting 13:1? Nah. Its not as clear-cut as most posters imply. But 13:1 isn't enough to go in to any-two-will-do mode for me. I'd need something closer 10 17:1 for that. Brief tank, then fold.

Re: Call or not from the BB?
 

Your other hands have been decent calls or just south of calling. This one isn't close. Fold it. Short of a 955 flop, there aren't very many things you're happy to see.

Re: Call or not from the BB?
 

fold because..
1. 9 5 offsuit is weak, if it's not good enough to limp in from late position with, it's not good enough for me to call one more from the BB.

2. you are not closing the action. You have no idea what the players yet to act are going to do, they may fold, they may limp reraise.

Re: Call or not from the BB?
 

If this was suited or unsuited but connected, I'd play it, and dump if I don't hit a draw.