I was playing in a live tournament over the weekend and not sure I played my last hand correctly. I am just curious as to what some of the other members think:
I had about 22K, the blinds were 800/1600 with 200 ante. A player from early position raised to 4800 and had about 27K in chips. Everyone folded to me in late position holding pocket 9s. Not having a hand in some time I pushed all in. The rest of the table folded back to the raiser. He thought about it for about a min or so and called with pocket jacks.
The flop came all low cards, rainbow. As you can tell his jacks held. Should I have just called his raise for about 25% of my chips or just folded with my 9s in late position. I still think I made the correct play, but I find myself questioning the all in move.
What are your thoughts and I thank all in advance.
Paul
swighey
His initial raise was good, your all in reraise was 2nd best move (I think you should fold) and his call was borderline (only because he had you covered). Others will disagree with me - it's a tough spot to be in, especially deep in a tourny - I would lay the 99 down, but very reluctantly - but then again on some days I'd shoved it in and hope.