99 in multiway pot

[drbk2]

Very good $20/$40 game at the Borgata...

Preflop: 2 limpers up front. 1st limper is a passive fish. 2nd limper is somewhat aggressive and tricky. Cutoff who is a very good player raises. I flat call on the button with 9h9s. Both blinds call, both limpers call. 6 way action.

Flop: Ac Qs 9c. Checked to the 2nd limper who bets. Good player to my right raises. I 3 bet. Small blind mucks, and big blind sits up and thinks for almost 30 seconds and folds. I'm almost positive he threw away a club draw at this point. both players left in the hand call.

Turn: 6 clubs. 2nd limper bets again. Good player to my right calls. I call

River: 10s. Limper bets Good player folds, I call.

What do you think?

[Justin A]

I lean towards raising the turn because of the presence of the good player who is surely behind but may well be drawing live. You need to be ahead of the bettor less often because of the third player to make this raise profitable. You're unlikely to get 3bet by much less than the nuts, and if you do get 3bet you probably have nine outs to improve.