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Just after the break I was sitting in approx 40th with 200 or so left in the tourney ...

The players to my left had been playing fairly tight, I hadn't noticed anything special about them.

Game #2743134434: Hold'em NL (100/200) - 2006/06/19 - 20:26:31 (GMT)
Table "PP Grand Prix 2839583 - 14" Seat 6 is the button.

Seat 1: spart222 (7495 in chips)
Seat 2: filb_fox (2272.50 in chips)
Seat 3: jammedup (3460 in chips)
Seat 4: almac34 (1042.50 in chips)
Seat 5: G_Jester (4147.50 in chips)
Seat 6: DUKE666 (2137.50 in chips)
Seat 7: overton (1830 in chips)
Seat 8: Penold13 (1750 in chips)
Seat 9: Teazz (4020 in chips)
Seat 10: bergeroo (1810 in chips)

overton: posts small blind 100
Penold13: posts big blind 200

----- HOLE CARDS -----

dealt to G_Jester [9h 9s]

Teazz: folds
bergeroo: folds
spart222: folds
filb_fox: folds
jammedup: folds
almac34: folds
G_Jester: raises to 400
DUKE666: calls 400
overton: folds
Penold13: calls 200

----- FLOP ----- [Jh 9c 8d]

Penold13: checks

My move next ... what do I do?

Same here... if you raise PF, please do it for real....

i bet the pot on the flop... you are up agianst 2 opponents, you have to protect it vs the str8... especialy considering you could be vs anything because of your pf min-raise...

edit.. push flop... pot is too big vs stacks size to be cute here...

KJ

I agree with Beavis. Just push it allin since this board could be really bad news. You want to take down this pot right now. Your weak PF raise could have allowed a QT to see this flop cheap and already have you beat.

The set of 9s in nice, but a Q, T or 7 could really ruin your day.

Originally Posted by Beavis68

1200 in the pot, they only have 1300 and 1700 left, just push.

why the girl raise PF?

I know looking back at this I realise the raise pre flop was weak. Should have just called or added another BB to the raise.

I guess I really didn't want to fire them into an over the top re raise as these guys were probably gonna look to get a hand all in at some time soon.

Originally Posted by G_The_Jester

I guess I really didn't want to fire them into an over the top re raise as these guys were probably gonna look to get a hand all in at some time soon.

It's a consideration, but 99 is good against a lot of hands that you might see pushed in at this point. And you do have a nice stack to fight back with.

Easy push. Too many draws and this is a good board to get the action you want. If you get outdrawn, that's poker.

Originally Posted by G_The_Jester

I know looking back at this I realise the raise pre flop was weak. Should have just called or added another BB to the raise.

I guess I really didn't want to fire them into an over the top re raise as these guys were probably gonna look to get a hand all in at some time soon.

With 6 folds to you and you now being the 1st to enter the pot you have to be aware of your positiion and that you are now in a short-handed game (only 4 counting you).
Since you are 1st to enter and only the button between you and the blinds a standard raise might buy you the button and last position to any blind that calls as well as disquising your hand. Min raise is a warning sign for me in tourneys as it represents begging for action (AA/KK)!
With only 4 after the 6 folds, your 99 is a powerful hand in a short-handed game - don't be afraid to play it as such! 99 has 7 other pocket pairs beat so you have 60% of possible pairs beat. Most times you'll be in a coin toss with a slight advantage.

I also agree with the others on the flop - all-in and hope that str8 doesn't improve for anyone calling!