$3.30 NL HE MTT: $3.30 NL HE MTT: Bluffing against big stack

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In many times i fail to scare the opponent with the size of my bluff...
Is the size of my bluff correct against a bigger stack???
If you were in this situation and held 99, would you call???

pokerstars, $2.94 + $0.36 - Hold'em No Limit - 500/1,000 (75 ante) - 7 players
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Vad1457 (UTG): 9,028 (9 bb)
GuerreiroFFC (MP): 50,754 (51 bb)
Jose Henriqu (MP+1): 5,403 (5 bb)
RusMar000 (CO): 64,365 (64 bb)
proba7 (BU): 6,758 (7 bb)
osminog999 (SB): 27,297 (27 bb)
crazypopo89 (BB): 21,110 (21 bb)

Pre-Flop: (2,025) Hero (crazypopo89) is BB with 9 T
1 fold, GuerreiroFFC (MP) raises to 2,000, 4 players fold, crazypopo89 (BB) calls 1,000

Flop:
(5,025) 7 3 6 (2 players)
crazypopo89 (BB) checks, GuerreiroFFC (MP) bets 2,764, crazypopo89 (BB) calls 2,764

Turn:
(10,553) 5 (2 players)
crazypopo89 (BB) checks, GuerreiroFFC (MP) checks

River: (10,553) 7 (2 players)
crazypopo89 (BB) bets 7,800, GuerreiroFFC (MP) folds

Total pot: 10,553
crazypopo89 (BB) wins 10,553
 
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In many times i fail to scare the opponent with the size of my bluff...
Is the size of my bluff correct against a bigger stack???
If you were in this situation and held 99, would you call???

PokerStars, $2.94 + $0.36 - Hold'em No Limit - 500/1,000 (75 ante) - 7 players
Replay this hand on CardsChat

Vad1457 (UTG): 9,028 (9 bb)
GuerreiroFFC (MP): 50,754 (51 bb)
Jose Henriqu (MP+1): 5,403 (5 bb)
RusMar000 (CO): 64,365 (64 bb)
proba7 (BU): 6,758 (7 bb)
osminog999 (SB): 27,297 (27 bb)
crazypopo89 (BB): 21,110 (21 bb)

Pre-Flop: (2,025) Hero (crazypopo89) is BB with 9 T
1 fold, GuerreiroFFC (MP) raises to 2,000, 4 players fold, crazypopo89 (BB) calls 1,000

Flop:
(5,025) 7 3 6 (2 players)
crazypopo89 (BB) checks, GuerreiroFFC (MP) bets 2,764, crazypopo89 (BB) calls 2,764

Turn:
(10,553) 5 (2 players)
crazypopo89 (BB) checks, GuerreiroFFC (MP) checks

River: (10,553) 7 (2 players)
crazypopo89 (BB) bets 7,800, GuerreiroFFC (MP) folds

Total pot: 10,553
crazypopo89 (BB) wins 10,553
Hi dude, in my opinion maximum what do u need in this situation a play check/fold on flop.
About if you have 99 on bb you will be 3beting this hand vs mp or jam. If you dont this, your opponent sees it as weakness and bet bet bet.
 
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Preflop
Standard defend.

Flop
This is actually a very close spot. I dont think, your hand is quite strong enough to check-call with just a gutshot and two overs. You dont know, if the overcards are live, and you are obviously not getting good enough odds to just try to nail the gutshot. This is especially the case, since you are fairly short, so there are not much implied odds, when you do nail it. So for me if I continue with this hand, I want to give myself fold equity. A check-raise to something like 7.500 should get him to fold random overcards, that he is C-betting, and if he jam, you can just fold. Its not completely crazy either to just check-fold, given how short your stack is.

Turn
Its very unlikely, that 5c helped him, so as played you could lead here to get that fold equity, which you need. Otherwise its a clear check-fold now.

River
As played I do like bluffing the river, since you can credibly represent some strong hands, and you have no showdown value with T high. However I think you can go a bit smaller and still get the same amount of folds. You are not trying to make him fold an overpair, you are just trying to make him fold air, which he gave up with on the turn. His A high, his K high, his Q high and his J high. I dont think, he is particularly elastic between say 50% pot and 80% pot, so the larger bet just loses you more, when he call. And no he is not supposed to fold 99. That would be insanely exploitable, after he checked back turn for pot control.
 
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And no he is not supposed to fold 99. That would be insanely exploitable, after he checked back turn for pot control.
I missed the fact, there was 1-liner to a straight, so that the opponent would now lose not only to a 7 but also a 4. That makes it a much more close spot for him, but given that he rarely have either a 7 or a 4 after opening from MP, he still need to defend with some of his overpairs, if he want to play an unexploitable strategy. And defending with 99 or 88 is actually better than defending with AA or KK, because 99 or 88 block the nut straight. So I will still say, that your opponent played this hand very well.

Also the fact, the turn brought a 1-liner to a straight, makes leading an even better option. Whenever the nuts change, and we are far more likely to have the new nuts than our opponent, thats a great sitaution to develop a leading range. Leading into the previous street aggressor is also called donk betting, which is a derogatory term. But there are situations, where its actually GTO strategy and therefore something, we should definitely not be shy to do. It would be ideal, if you were a little bit deeper, but lead turn, jam river would be a great line here, and might get him to fold the majority of his range including perhaps the hand, he had.
 
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Your stack was enough to scare him, because if you win an all-in you become a high stacked. I see that you made him fold finally, well done!
 
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