96s short stacked

[aaronjacobg]

I think that i made the right play here but i'd like other opinions:

4 handed

hero sb w/ 19 chips
matt bb w/ 50 chips
rat utg w/ 100 chips
brendan on button w/ 70 chips

blinds 1/2

rat calls
brendan calls
hero calls
matt raises 5
ratt and brendan call
Hero pushes

I think this is a pretty good play because i got the feeling that at least one if not both players would fold. Do my pot odds and my read justify this play? Any other comments?

[KungFuSandwich]

I dont like it. I think youre pretty much guaranteed a caller if 3 players have already put in 7, someone has a hand that will call, especially since your shortstacked.

There is just no chance that that is the best hand, and you are almost sure to get a caller IMO

[Fins]

I think the most important thing is your feeling but that aside I don't like the call for several reasons (assuming a tourney - I actually don't mind the call in a ring NL game)...
1) A BB raise
2) Your low in chips and although close I think short stacked is about 7 BB's... you got about 5-6 hands to look for something better
3) Your only going to get called with hands that got you as a big underdog... most likely best hope is high card rag for something like a 53/47 coin flip... two overs has you down 3:2 so in my mind you'd need a pot size of 27+
4) I just don't think 9-6s is that strong of a hand short handed better off with a high card
5) Again a BB raise - from the next shortest stack

My 2¢ which I'd probably lose,
Fins

[aaronjacobg]

actually i was sure that it was the worst hand but i was going on the fact that it would be a. Heads up or three handed and b. the pot odds were such that i was beating the range of probable hands that my opponents were holding. I agree with fins that the more important read was that we would be heads up or three handed with a leaning toward heads up. I'm surprised that on such a short stack it isn't worth it to take a shot to triple up. or maybe i'm wrong. we all have to learn lessons.

Jake