[tjh]

I am limping or pushing here. Depends on the nature of my opponents. 99 is not a good enough hand to "play poker" with. You will be investing too many of your chips on too risky a situation if you raise 3BB or more and get called. You either want to see a flop cheaply and play for a set or push preflop and hope to steal the blinds.

I push if I expect that they will fold. Winning 150 chips out of position with 99 is good enough. I am in second place and with the blinds this high one or the other of the short stacks will bust out soon enough. Then we face true bubble play and the table will tighten up and I can accumulate chips there.

I will limp if I assume that I can see the flop for the price of limping. I will be playing for a set here. Most likely I will be out of position so If I miss my set or do not end up with overpair I get away from it. If the table is such that I think a minbet would allow me to see the flop for twoBB then I might go for that.

Against most tables I limp. Much shorter stack and I would favor pushing. Aggressive table and shorter stack I would be undecided. Much larger stack and I raise 3-4BB to see who wants to play.

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tjh