Capping Pocket 9's Preflop

[Malcom Reynolds]

MP3 is almost all-in, and is 3-betting with any two cards here (as he has been doing in the previous few hands). The rest have been calling along with all sorts of garbage.

Based on how loosely I felt people were calling here, I decided to cap for value.

The button here is an aggressive player, although I'm not sure how aggressive and how smart (not that many hands). My thoughts here are a flush draw, especially when he settles down on the turn, although a five or pocket 66's and better could play like this too.

The river bet is attempting to get value from lower pairs including 5's.

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, Button calls, BB calls.

Flop: (20.50 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, MP2 calls, Button calls.

Turn: (16.25 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 folds, Button calls.

River: (18.25 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>.