Need some help.

CunningPlan is a Tag while Neil likes to limp. I maybe should have raised preflop....but my thinking on the flop was to check and either call or raise (no cards on the turn scare me...no draws out there). I flat called the raise from Neil thinking I would check raise the turn. The raise from the Cunning scared me a little bit here. Is the right play to reraise now and fold to any pressure, call and bet the turn, or call and see what he does on the turn. I am having problems putting him on any cards that he wants to check-raise the flop other than trips...but would you play trips like this. Anyhow, sorry for the ramble, let me know what you think.

PokerStars Game #3874287218: Tournament #18430351, Hold'em No Limit - Level II
(15/30) - 2006/02/05 - 16:53:45 (ET)
Table '18430351 106' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: DJ Newman (2575 in chips)
Seat 2: "IT" (4270 in chips)
Seat 3: Marcus85 (1950 in chips)
Seat 4: rcrich8847 (1685 in chips)
Seat 5: CunningPlan (2235 in chips)
Seat 6: neilthetaxi (2830 in chips)
Seat 7: davidross (2845 in chips)
Seat 8: Rolling (2250 in chips)
Seat 9: madmike1 (1860 in chips)
madmike1: posts small blind 15
DJ Newman: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DJ Newman [9c Ad]
"IT": folds
Marcus85: folds
rcrich8847: folds
CunningPlan: calls 30
neilthetaxi: calls 30
davidross: folds
Rolling: folds
madmike1: calls 15
DJ Newman: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c Ah 9d]
madmike1: checks
DJ Newman: checks
CunningPlan: checks
neilthetaxi: bets 90
madmike1: folds
DJ Newman: calls 90
CunningPlan: raises 240 to 330
Hero ???

Lets assume the only two hands he can have here are 22 and A2, as both of those hands make the most sense. There are 3 combinations of 22 that he can still have, and 6 combinations of A2 remaining that he can have, making it still 2 to 1 that you're the huge favorite assuming that he does have a monster. Also, although the limp with a big ace would be a bit strange, its still possible (especially being the first limp), and is still WAY more likely than 99 or AA. Good aggressive players practically never open limp 99.

So ... your goal should be extracting chips here. My normal play would probably be call, expect him to bet any turn very hard and then go all in (where he's much more commited than he is now), but all in on the flop is fine as well (especially if you're putting him on A2 or 22 here and are sure he'd call with BOTH - he may be able to get away from A2 if he's really good and respects your play at all ... but probably not).

If you went all in and he called with 22 and won and you think you maybe played your hand badly, I'll be a bit disappointed that I wasted my time on this. Online tournament with rather fast blinds and not super deep stacks and you just have to go with this flop every time. If you're beat, it clearly was a very unlucky and rare flop.

Thanks a lot for this Michael....I did something stupid here...I called, called the turn and folded on the river to a big bet. I never thought about A2 which makes sense...especially a suited A2. I instantly hated my play and kept mulling the hand over until now, trying to figure out what I should of done. The funny thing about it all...20 hands later, same player, even stacks I got him to push his QQ against my AA....and he hit his Q on the river.

Yeah, I think calling the flop is fine, but you should push any turn, besides perhaps a 2.