Re: Fishooks, fishooks, fishooks....tsk tsk
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I was just wondering why to raise. I clearly stated i have trouble these mid pocketpairs freflop
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99 can be a trouble hand - if you're not comfortable raising UTG with it because maybe it makes you feel tied to betting the flop or you're unsure of your play when there's an overcard or two up there, then it's fine to not raise this. The added value you're getting from the preflop raise may not be worth the value you're losing misplaying the hand postflop.
Raising 99 UTG is good at tight tables because people will fold good hands to your raise, and its good at loose tables because people will call terrible hands. For instance, the OP's table was running at 29% VPIP and was 8-handed. On average, hands were 3 or 4-handed. A raise here would usually get it 2 or 3-handed.
Another thing is that people underestimate the amount of good flops there are for 99 (no overcards or one overcard).
And finally, and probably most importantly, raising is fun.
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