A little help with hand $60

[kstarm]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO (t2255)
Button (t1713)
Hero (t2620)
BB (t2175)
UTG (t1205)
MP1 (t1180)
MP2 (t2352)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9, 9.
chali2na99: raises 1055 to 1205 and is all-in
lethalphorce: folds
WhipArtist: folds
david_a: folds
boriqua: folds
Hero ????

Every one is loosening up. If I had to give a range it would be something like: 33+, A5+, KQs maybe a little tighter. One player left to act. Call, push, or fold?
Final Pot: t225

[drmcboy]

push, you are ahead of that range and you don't want the BB to decide he'll call with QTs since he's getting a big price. If he shoves over you have to call anyway.

[badgers]

That range seems fairly suicidal. No KJ, KT? Since those hands are better than A5.
I thought it was an easy shove given that range and the WIZ agrees. No point calling since you don't want to invite BB to play, and once he calls you can't exactly fold the flop...

[Geanosssss]

PUSH, although I wouldnt fualt anyone for folding. This games going nowhere...your going to have to gamble to win this thing considering the level of the blinds and the ammount of players still remaining. Why not do it now while your ahead of your opponents range? Your equity here is 59.3%, so its really whether you want to gamble and try to win this thing or whether you want to wait for a better spot, as one most likely will occur.
If the blinds were lower this would most likely be an easy fold IMO.

Im also curious as to why your opponents range is 33+, but does not include 22?

[kstarm]

@Geano and Badgers: I think that pushing is a perfectly reasonable play but I guess I am not sure how it is better than calling? This table has been tight (hence still 7 left) and I can't imagine the BB calling over half his stack on a hand that he would fold if I push. If I call and he pushes over I have a decision to make, As it is likely I am way behind here. Folding leaves me 1400ish, still plenty to make it ITM. Calling and losing basically knocks me out. Calling and winning obviously makes me set up nicely.

[drmcboy]

You can't fold if he shoves over, the pot will be too big. Read HOH for a full treatment on pot odds, this is not close and folding is a huge leak.

You want him to fold any coinflip hand so you can play HU against the shorty. For example he could fold AT or KQ here if you push, but call and see if he hits the flop if you call. This is not too bad if the hands are:

BB - KQ
You - 99

Shorty - AX

Here, you will either be in a three way flip or a two way with an OK price.

But, if these are the hands:

BB - KQ
You - 99

Shorty - 44 or Ax you dominate


You gain a huge amount of equity in the pot if BB folds.