Preflop confusion

[J_V]

Here is a hand many would consider boring. Yet when I asked two of the best limit holdem players I know, I got two completely different answers.

And aggressive but fairly tight player (no stats) raises UTG+3 (i would guess (22 12 2). Everyone folds to you in the small blind and you see 99.

The big blind is a big fish very very capable of calling two more bets. He has stats of (56 13 1). What is your best option?

One player said calling was definitely an option. Another player said calling sucked bad. Both players beat every game under the sun. Is it close?


The rest of the hand was interesting to me and I'll post it later in a separate thread. I'm considered right now about preflop play.