Callin all in with 99?

[sirio11]

PP Super Tuesday, 38 players left out of 1140. Right now in the money paying 31-40 $820 (entry fee was $162) and 1st place is about $35k


***** Hand History for Game 3006686799 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:17252175 Level:14 Blinds (1000/2000) - Wednesday, November 09, 01:52:02 EDT 2005
Table Super Tuesday(507927) Table #3 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: RedsFull ( $14002 )
Seat 2: puetz ( $42000 )
Seat 3: KidWonder ( $32719 )
Seat 4: JeanLafitte ( $11304 )
Seat 5: finchdog ( $8084 )
Seat 6: SpeedFool ( $37788 )
Seat 7: flimsin ( $4346 )
Seat 8: theking113 ( $17080 )
Seat 9: DonkeyPatrol ( $22350 )
Seat 10: sirio11 ( $34973 )
Trny:17252175 Level:14
Blinds (1000/2000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to sirio11 [ 9d 9s ]
sirio11 raises [7600].
RedsFull folds.
puetz folds.
KidWonder folds.
JeanLafitte folds.
finchdog folds.
SpeedFool is all-In [37788]
flimsin folds.
theking113 folds.
DonkeyPatrol folds.
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Your move ??

[Exitonly]

1.75:1, not very deep stacks, looks like a call to me.

[EverettKings]

Why the big opening raise?

But man... did you have a plan for what you were gonna do if put all in? Here I just don't see him doing this with many lower pairs. He couldnt reraise you without obviously being all in so any big pair or other big hand will just jam. I wasn't there and don't know the table dynamics or your image or his, but without a read I don't think you're ahead often enough here to call. I guess I could see him with 88 or AJ. I guess. Maybe. You need like 40% equity, so it's close, but most players are only making that move with a tight range of hands.

Blah.

Everett

You showed strength UTG, and he pops you. I expect to see a higher pair here much of the time, and if not, you're likely only a small favorite. You're still in decent shape even with the blinds about to hit you. I reluctantly find a fold.

I asked a similar question here and although the hands are a little different, the concensus is yes.

[Exitonly]

you don't need 40% equity to be right..

even vs AQo+, AQs+, TT+, it would be a call.

but yea, like everett said, ,why the big raise? i didnt notice that at first

[sirio11]

First, I have no idea about the guy since I wasn't paying any attention to the Party tournament because I was playing the FT of the WPT tournament in Dise (first mistake).

Second: The big raise is just part of a variation of my bets with middle pairs in this position.

Third: The bet all in by the guy does not look like AA-KK to me, so I put him in this range AK, QQ-TT since I don't have a clue about how he plays, but if he's an aggressive player then you should add 88,AQ.

So, after some deliberation I went for the call, but I'm not really sure if it's the best play. For me 99 is about the limit hand to call in this spot, but maybe I should change to TT-AA, AK. What do you think guys?

If your pot odds are 1.75:1 then you are correct to call against any range except TT+,AKs/AK , however, this is based purely on card combinations and not on how likely you think your oppoenent is to have a given hand.

[Jason Strasser]

Fold.

It seems like a spot where the vast majority of the time you are coinflipping or are a big dog. You are going to see JJ and up here way too often IMO.

-Jason

[odiggity]

not paying attention to the tourney is the main problem here, yet everyones input on this thread is not to be over looked...go ahead and gamble--punish ur self for not focusing on the game--uve got 1/4 to 1/5 of ur chips in the pot...watch him flip over a lower pair...what did he have over--