Me and my Friend Bob, are having a debate about a hand he played. Please share your thoughts. The
setup is 200NL 1-2 dollar blinds. There will be three people to enter the pot. Bob, Steve and Mike. All three players have 200 dollars in front of them. Ok so Bob opens it up in
Middle position for 8 dollars with pocket 9’s. The next player to enter is Steve, Steve makes it 24 dollars. Mike calls the 24 dollars from the
Button. BB and SB
fold.
Back to Bob, Bob folds. The
flop comes Qc-9h-2s. Steve leads out and bets 20. Mike goes all in for 175 dollars. Steve calls the remaining 155 dollars.
Turn over the cards Steve shows
KK and Mike shows
QQ ,Mike made a
set of queens. The
turn is a 9 (Bob would have made four 9’s) the
river is a
blank. Mike takes down 409 dollars.
Ok so this is the first part of are debate. I say Bob should make the
call pre flop with his pocket nines. There is 59 dollars in the pot .It will cost Bob another 16 to make the
call. The
Implied odds he will be getting on his money should justify the
call. And if he doesn’t hit the
set he can throw it away.
Now part 2 of are debate. He says even if he made the initial
call. He would throw it away after the
flop. He says based on the betting he was sure somebody had hit the
set of queens. I say yes you may be right, but with no st8 and no
flush on the brd you got to make that
call. As Doyle says in supers system, sometimes you just got to pay them off.