99 on big blind

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I bet the flop here... but I also don't raise 99 from the blinds, for the same reason I don't raise AJo or KQo -- I don't think the equity you are maximizing is enough to make up for poor position you will be in the rest of the hand. I will raise TT+ though, and AJs, KQs.

I agree, I don't think he should be raising 99 in the blinds there.

Anyone agree/disagree?

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[Wacken]

If you are on the blind (or button for that matter) don't you raise with mid (or even small) pairs either if there is only 1 caller in front of you?

In this situation i always figure the 1 caller probably doesn't have a big pair as then he would raise. My raise might very well take away the blinds and gets me heads up against the 1 caller so that i can play my pair with good chances of it staying on top till the river. (although very often the opposition folds to a flop bet)

[Kumubou]

Bet all day! If someone has a T... oh well. Checking may get it checked through (who is going to bet?), and that would be diasterous.

-K

[RiverTheNuts]

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I have 99 on the big blind 3 others limp from middle position, I raise and they call. The flop is uncoordinated with 10 being the highest card. Do I check or bet here? A check might encourage a bluff, but a bet could wasted against a pair of tens.

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Just as an aside, I dont see how 99 is any better than 88 except that it can hit a royal board with a dummy straight... People love calling with 2 cards over ten, so if you have 99 and 4 limpers I dont see alot of equity in raising, as youll have to lead almost any flop, which further cuts into any equity you have... the chances of an entire board being below 10 is next to nothing, and people will donk it up with only over cards because you raised and made the pot nice and big for them to chase what they always assume are live overcards... I know all the charts say to raise it, but I wonder if they take the .5/1 limit mentality into effect

[deception5]

99 is absolutely better than 88. People (even tags) will limp with hands like K9s but muck K8s. There are 4 fewer overcards to worry about. There is a better chance of having 3 undercards on the flop.

[Kumubou]

A flop of rags (9-high or lower) with you holding 99 happens roughly 21% of the time.

A flop of raggier rags (8-high or lower) with you holding 88 happens roughly 13% of the time.

A flop of cards under 44-22 happens 0% of the time.

That is the difference.

-K

[@bsolute_luck]

there's the same situation in SSH where you have JJ with a K i think it was on the board. you bet because you have a good hand and you have more overcards to worry about, so you want to fold them. you can't do that by checking.

reevaluate on the turn.

[irishpint]

i bet, no question.