99 BB

[Vazh]

Should I be 3-betting this? If so, how low do you go? I definitely would with JJ or better, maybe TT. In this case I would have if not for the MP1 limper.


Absolute Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, Button raises, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP1 checks, Button bets, Hero folds, MP1 calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, Button bets, MP1 folds.

Final Pot: 5.25 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 4.25 BB, won by Button.</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: 1 BB, returned to Button.</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
No showdown. Button wins 5.25 BB. </font>

[parachute]

Man, and when I saw the subject line I thought '99 big bets? That's a lot of betting!'

I wouldn't raise here. If any T J Q K or A fshows on the flop and someone bets, I pretty much have to fold. Not to mention that it's likely the button has a higher pocket pair already. I just get in as cheap as I can and hope to take them for a ride if the third 9 falls on the flop.

[nepenthe]

Looks fine.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

With the button raising a limper, the raise is more likely to mean a quality hand. If the raiser has loose standards and the limper isn't too loose a calling station, I'd consider reraising to get it heads-up.

[Yeknom58]

I highly doubt the limper would fold preflop. I would more likely 3 bet hoping to get one of these bozos to fold middle pair on the flop/turn. If I didn't think I could do that then I would probably just call.

[SA125]

With the Button iso raising 1 MP limper to get it h/u with him, I would just call there with 99.

In 2/4 Ax, Axs, Ks, Qs and even Js are routinely limped with from MP and they call you down when it hits. When you 3 bet PF, you have to protect that hand and it's hard to push them off theirs when they're calling 1 bet.