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Old 07-15-2005, 12:37 PM
W. Deranged W. Deranged is offline
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Default Re: 99 in the BB: Fishing w/o a Line

Bet out and hope to get raised.

You are in a tough spot because you are at the mercy of MP2. You really want him to raise overcards to clear the field, as many will, but he may not do this. A check-raise will be a bad course here because you will likely trap the two later position players in if MP2 leads and get them tied to the pot. The only hope for really protecting your hand is to manipulate MP2. At least he's aggressive, so this may happen, and at least you don't risk letting the flop check through.

If it gets raised and re-raised back to you, with so few draws, you can safely dump the hand. If it's not raised you should plan on leading the turn back. The most difficult situation to play, frustratingly, is the one you hope for: MP2 raises and others fold. In that case, I like calling the flop raise and donk-betting a non-A (maybe non-K) turn. If you get raised again on the turn it's probably time to be done with the hand.
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