Good push? Newbie needs help!

[kong98]

This was a home NL tournament $10 buy-in/$10 rebuys for 500 chips. We had started with 6 players, and were down to 4. Top 3 get money.

I'm guessing on the stack sizes, but they're close. I'm the short stack.

Blinds are 50/100

CO ($1500+)
Villain ($2000)
Hero ($500)
BB ($2000+)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].

CO folds, Villain calls $100, Hero raises to $500 (All-in), BB folds, Villain calls $500.


My thinking at this point was:

1. I'm short stacked and I need some chips to win. I really want first or second place because I'm in for $20 (entry + rebuy) so the $10 third place isn't that exciting. I also don't think anyone is going to bust out before me.

2. I was certain BB would fold and I was pretty sure that Villain would fold.

3. Villain is a very loose player. He could literally have any 2 cards, so I think I almost want him to call to double me up. He would raise with his better hands, so I didn't think he could have a pair. I figure at worst I'm a coin-flip.


Is my thinking ok here, or am I way off base? I'll post the results later.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Kong98