[Erik Blazynski]

I don't have an opinion on the push YET. With the A-9 you need to ask yourself "do I need to play this hand?" There is one player in the pot and he raised, you have about 25 BB left, your 2 away from the money, and out of position. I am not really sure how you would answer this question, but my answer would be NO, I dont need to get involved. Let him take the blinds and be done with it.

But that didn't happen, so lets evaluate the post flop situation.. You flop top pair, top kicker. This is one scenario where acting first is a benefit, You throw out a pot sized bet to figure out where you're at. Instead you check and he throws out a continuation bet of about 1/2 the pot. So what does that mean? Either he has a larger PP than your 9, and he's looking for a call or he has 2 over cards, and he's just hoping you fold. How much do you like that situation? I don't much care for this situation becasue I am blindly calling or raising. Apparently you like it enough to push your stack. I definetly think that your overbet of the pot here is a mistake. You really are looking for information about his hand, you missed your opportunity to get the info first and you've gotten him more committed to the pot, which I don't really think that you want. If you raise the size of the pot you can accomplish the same result and if he does anything but fold you have to be done with the hand.

Well there is my opinion, thanks for asking..

-Erik