($16) 99 in MP with 12BB

[kong98]

I'm really not sure what to be doing when I'm floating at around 12-15BBs in the middle of the tourny. I don't feel like I have enough of a stack to be making a normal raise, but there isn't enough money in the pot for pushing to be a great idea either. That leaves call or fold??

I'm not happy with this hand, and I'm hoping for some suggestions on what to do in this and similar situations.

I was really playing my 99 for set value here. (Dumb??) I was not expecting anyone to push to steal the pot because the table hadn't been overly aggressive yet, and everyone left had healthy stacks.

Then when it checked around to me, I figured:
- it was a pretty ragged flop
- It might have missed everyone
- I might be good.

I bet 1/2 pot and this was the last money I was planning to put into the pot.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) converter

CO (t2220)
Button (t2335)
SB (t1660)
BB (t1850)
UTG (t1735)
UTG+1 (t540)
MP1 (t1925)
Hero (t1235)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t100, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls t100, CO calls t100, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (t450) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t200</font>, ...


So, good? bad? ugly?

Thanks in advance,
Kent