$20 freezeout - 99 hand

[andr3w321]

The guy minraised and I knew he was either really weak or really strong. What would you do in this spot. I dont think I have odds to just call for a set.

PokerStars Game #5096493856: Tournament #25455397, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/05/30 - 01:22:10 (ET)
Table '25455397 54' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: BigE1132 (12782 in chips)
Seat 3: fingaz (3385 in chips)
Seat 4: gthumb (12975 in chips)
Seat 5: pmaverick (10913 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: daveyboy1967 (3455 in chips)
Seat 7: andr3w321 (5310 in chips)
Seat 8: chasluk (6814 in chips)
Seat 9: rubelj (8237 in chips)
BigE1132: posts the ante 25
fingaz: posts the ante 25
gthumb: posts the ante 25
pmaverick: posts the ante 25
daveyboy1967: posts the ante 25
andr3w321: posts the ante 25
chasluk: posts the ante 25
rubelj: posts the ante 25
rubelj: posts small blind 200
BigE1132: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to andr3w321 [9h 9s]
fingaz: folds
gthumb: raises 400 to 800
pmaverick: folds
daveyboy1967: folds
andr3w321...

andr3w321: raises 4485 to 5285 and is all-in
chasluk: folds
rubelj: folds
BigE1132: folds
gthumb: calls 4485
*** FLOP *** [6c Jh 2c]
*** TURN *** [6c Jh 2c] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [6c Jh 2c 7h] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gthumb: shows [Kh Kd] (a pair of Kings)
andr3w321: shows [9h 9s] (a pair of Nines)
gthumb collected 11370 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11370 | Rake 0
Board [6c Jh 2c 7h 8s]
Seat 1: BigE1132 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: fingaz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: gthumb showed [Kh Kd] and won (11370) with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: pmaverick folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: daveyboy1967 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: andr3w321 showed [9h 9s] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 8: chasluk (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: rubelj (small blind) folded before Flop

[THaC]

Standard. 1600 in pot, you have 5k, might as well shove it in now so you don't have to worry about a tougher decision down the road. Well played.

[chardrian]

barf hand.

minraise = I have a huge hand and don't know how to play it or I have a huge stack and am willing to play a lot of pots.

You don't have a lot of chips compared to the blinds and a double up will help a lot so I don't mind a push there.

You also have just enough chips and position that I don't mind a call there either and then play the flop. If you need to call preflop/fold flop you can and will still have enough chips that you can play a decent push/fold game.

If you have a g00t read that the big stack minraiser is only doing this with big PPs/AK then a fold is fine as well.

[Rondavu]

minraise = I have a huge hand

Don't take that to the bank. You gotta make a read. Some people min raise Q9 A2s all day no matter what they have in their stack. You'll always find a couple ridiculous luckbox donks this late with chips.

[chardrian]

minraise = I have a huge hand

Don't take that to the bank. You gotta make a read. Some people min raise Q9 A2s all day no matter what they have in their stack. You'll always find a couple ridiculous luckbox donks this late with chips.

Which is why I also said minraise can also = "I have a huge stack and am willing to play a lot of pots."

[gabe]

also see "im just a donk who minraises"

[drmcboy]

push better than fold with no read, call sucks.

call (or fold) is better if you have a read.

[zenbitz]

some times the bear gets you

[Roco415]

yeh i think you have to push here, only roughly 5 k in chips...you cant wait for a hand better than nines....