Anyhow, all complaining aside, I just don't think you have enough hand to raise here. It may not be bad at certain tables, but 99 is the logical betting hand here, and it's never going to lay down. If your opponent is a little looser, then you might be up against 55, 44 or even 95, but I'm not sure you have any real fold equity against those hands either, and you're significantly behind to all of them. This is a highly multi-way pot where it's not at all unlikely for someone to have hit the stone cold nuts with 99
Basically, you have 9 outs and you have TP, but you're also behind to an overpair, who should but may not lay down.
Had it been checked to me, I definitely would bet it, but I've had too many troubles with pushes like this in order to want to advocate it.
Currently, I'm thinking you may want to push on top set or on a minimum of 16 outs in pots like this, but not on a 9-outer. I also think there are other factors you have to consider even on pushing top set or 16-outers. Even with a 16-outer, top set is never laying down unless he's ultra-WT.
Anyhow, on this one, I think this play becomes profitable only with some major fold equity. As I say, I've been playing it a lot like you did here, but my wraps are also looking really bad in my database--like, seriously in the minus on almost all of them, over and against JJ-AA, which seem to be accounting for almost all of my winnings...Statistics: Posted by Aisthesis — Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:15 pm
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