99 Late position

[royalburrito24]

Blinds are 200/400 and im in late position with 99...big raise in front of me....wat do i do???? average stacked

thoughts???

full tilt poker Game #3496984945: $100 Freeroll (26640001), Table 195 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:44:40 ET - 2007/09/08
Seat 1: anita suzanne (31,621)
Seat 2: SantanaK (310), is sitting out
Seat 3: Racodo (39,728)
Seat 4: hyphypoker (1,783), is sitting out
Seat 5: badscomin1 (8,860)
Seat 6: willthegreat24 (19,490)
Seat 7: bandman787 (3,508)
Seat 8: boy273 (48,839)
Seat 9: Dwigt (36,730)
anita suzanne antes 50
SantanaK antes 50
Racodo antes 50
hyphypoker antes 50
badscomin1 antes 50
willthegreat24 antes 50
bandman787 antes 50
boy273 antes 50
Dwigt antes 50
boy273 posts the small blind of 200
Dwigt posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to willthegreat24 [9d 9c]
anita suzanne calls 400
SantanaK folds
Racodo raises to 2,250
hyphypoker folds
badscomin1 folds
willthegreat24 has 15 seconds left to act
willthegreat24 ???????

 

[oluaris]

depends on my read on the villain...
if i don't have any reads, i'll call the bet to see the flop and what he does after the flop.
my actions after the flop will depend on what he does

 

[joeeagles]

It's a freeroll, which means you need to be extra cautious. This is one of those hands that can get you in trouble and hurt your tournament. Reraising would be a good play, depending on reads you have on Racodo, but for that to be effective you would need to repop to 6k and that is 30%+ of your stack, a bit too much. Calling wouldn't be completely wrong, because stacks are deep (both limper and raiser +blinds), and I can see you doubling up if indeed you do hit a set.

Problem is, if you make the call, pot will get big and with all the players left to act + 1 limper, someone could easily come over the top and shove, forcing you to fold. That's a big risk that needs to be considered, to make this call a lot depends on how this table has been going, how aggressive players have been. Last but not least, one has to consider if its worth to play 5 1/5 BB's for set value, because this being a freeroll I just can't picture this hand going HU so if you miss your set you'll have to fold.

With all that in mind, although I realize that it might seem very conservative, I think I'd fold because the price to look at this flop is too expensive, besides the risk of someone coming over the top. Being this a freeroll, I don't even consider shoving because you'll likely get a call (or maybe multiple calls).

As I said before, this is one of those hands that can kill your tourney and it's just not worth it. In the long run calling these makes you lose a lot of big sized pots vs the chance of hitting a big one every now and then. If you were faced with only a 3 BB raise then yes, in position and with a chance of going HU I'd call, but with the direction this hand went in I prefer a fold.

 

[royalburrito24]

willthegreat24 calls 2,250
bandman787 folds
boy273 folds
Dwigt folds
anita suzanne folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh Qc Qd]
Racodo has 15 seconds left to act
Racodo bets 5,950
willthegreat24???????

well i end up just calling and getting it heads up....the flop comes down with all paint....villain bets pot, 5950....

what next?

 

[jimbo51]

i would call and see what happens on the flop
PS: what ended up happening

 

[royalburrito24]

i would call and see what happens on the flop
PS: what ended up happening

the flop is right above your post ^^^^^

and i end up folding to his bet on the flop