Re: Push with nines?
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I agree with a lot of what BluffThis says in this post, but one idea is problematic:
" So again calling lets a weaker hand bet his money off while not losing as much if he has you beat and you don't like the turn"
The problem being my hand isn't strong enough that I really want to 'walk the dog'. Even the purest bluff has some equity against me.
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This would be true if you have much fold equity by virtue of raising. But when he bets in front of the preflop raiser like that with a small stack left, I think your fold equity is pretty small, so again I would probably prefer just to call. The only hands he folds are an overpair or bottom 2, and with that small amount of money left he often won't let it go unless it's QQ. The prime virtue of raising though is to get rid of AA/KK and especially KK since that would nullify some of your outs.
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