Wherein our hero does something possibly donkalicious

[dalecooper]

Do you like this? SB is bad, loose, and passive; BB is unknown; UTG is pretty unknown but has raised 4 of his 11 hands at the table for what it's worth (not that much). He thought for about 5 seconds before calling the raise from BB.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($19)
BB ($6.45)
UTG ($59.60)
MP ($96.60)
Hero (CO) ($51.55)
Button ($52.75)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9, 9
UTG raises to $1.75, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75, 1 fold, SB calls $1.50, BB raises to $6.45 (All-In), UTG calls $4.70, Hero raises to $23...

[mcatdog]

It's fine, but sometimes he's trapping with a big pair and you'll get owned.

[Galapogos]

I do the same, except I shove.

[dalecooper]

I thought about that. I don't think it makes a huge difference, I'm pot committed if the full stack shoves and my raise is enough that I have the other two players covered. In terms of projecting strength I think it nets out to about the same, depending what level he's thinking on - and since I don't know that I don't have a strong preference for either raise size.

[nutsinho]

there's really no difference between this and shove. it's normally a pretty good play, but certainly thin especially when UTG can hand read and get it in with AQ and not be dumb enough to fold TT.

[dalecooper]

Cool.

Results - SB and UTG folded, BB had AJo. The nines held, although I got skeered real good when the flop was all spades (he had the A).