22$ FO (40K Gtd) 99 halfway

[johnny_fish]

Blinds at 200/400. UTG+1 minraises to 800 (8.5K stack). No real read on Villain. Minraises/2.5x took the blinds a lot at this particular table. I'm next to act with 99, 4.8K stack. Your move.

[Sprayed]

I would push. With an M of 5 I'm not too concerned if he has a big hand just because he min raised in EP. Calling is weak and reraising with a small M is weak IMO as well. 99 is a strong hand now that your stack is low.

[zarry]

This is a push... simple as that

[CDN Panther]

Your only a dog to 5 hands, and with that few chips you should push. The most likely thing that happens is he calls you with two overs AQ, AK, and you are a slight favorite to win.

[drmcboy]

you need to be specifically afraid of the min raise not to push. Here it is clear. Calling is by far the worst.

[chardrian]

you need to be specifically afraid of the min raise not to push. Here it is clear. Calling is by far the worst.

I concur. I push.

[WildBobAA]

You have to push this with your stack. If you had an M of 8 or 9 you could fold this.

[johnny_fish]

My M was 8 (4.8/(400+200)..

[Sprayed]

My M was 8 (4.8/(400+200)..

I was assuming antes. What site were you playing?

[THaC]

Yeah, if there are no antes, then you're fine. If there are antes, I'm shoving this unless villain seems like the type to minraise AA/KK looking for people like you to push.

[WildBobAA]

My M was 8 (4.8/(400+200)..

Ah ok, I just read the post that said your M was 5. I think you can fold here then since there's no antes at this level or the next on party.

[JeffreyGB]

I think this is very close without a read (given that your M was 8). I probably push, but I don't hate a fold.

I do hate not having any read on what this raise means from villian in EP. You have to know at least a little, and that's all it takes to unbalance the scale for me...has he minraised a lot or not at all in your memory? Has he been raising frequently? Is this the first raise you remember seeing from him? Was he/you brand new to the table?

I have to have an answer to at least one of those to feel committed to a play...

[supermoneyz1]

I do hate not having any read on what this raise means from villian in EP. You have to know at least a little, and that's all it takes to unbalance the scale for me...has he minraised a lot or not at all in your memory? Has he been raising frequently? Is this the first raise you remember seeing from him? Was he/you brand new to the table?

I cant blame him for not paying attention, since I am guilty of that. The solution here is
Poker Ace hud which is a great tool for getting statistics,

Yet, without a read considering this is a 22 buyin I push. Yet, as JeffDog stressed, if we know ANYTHING about villan that will often be the deciding factor in close situations.

Kind of reminds me of the chard thread, which I stressed that many unmentioned factors in a post often are the true basis behind the correct decision.

[zenbitz]

Push, but close. I agree if M=5 not 8 then it's a clear push unless min/raise stinks FROM THIS GUY. 88/77 I would consider folding or flat calling if villian is weak post flop. 66 or less fold.

I think if you were OOP (blind) you would be better off STAGNAS, unless m/r is very tight (i.e. you have evidence that he m/r from EP then folds to a short stack push)