Party $109 MTT: 99 hand with small M facing a raise

[aLOWdAkING]

Yeah, I thought so... it seems I get busted out of tourneys frequently by pushing with the pair and then racing or being dominated, but I guess every situation has its differences and that means I probably need to work on building chips earlier.

Any difference is the stack was T2000? At what point can you fold and wait for a better spot or just call with the read of his cbet?

[yvesaint]

calling 600 off pf w/ a stack of t2000 is terrible, id push in that situation too

this is a very good spot for me, im not waiting for AA-JJ, AKs to get chips

since everyone seems to think its an autopush here, what if there was a raise and a call in front of him.. still push? raise reraise? how easy do you guys fold the nines here, or is it the push&prayplay nearly always correct

[ansky451]

An extra call in front would make me more inclined to push. But of course I'd push anyway.