In Texas Hold 'Em if you had a...what would you do in round...?

Question

Here's the scenario, you have pocket 9s, a diamond and a spade:

What do you bet when you're under the gun or do you call?

The only other player against you checks.

Then the Flop comes Q of spades 5 of hearts 7 of spades

What do you bet after the flop or do you check?

If you bet on the flop the player then re-raises you .5 times more your amount.

Do you fold, call, or re-raise?

The Turn comes 10 of spades

So far you have Q of spades 5 of hearts 7 of spades and 10 of spades

you have a 9 of spades and a 9 of diamonds

Then the river comes, A of diamonds and the other player maximum raaises.

Do you re-raise, call or fold?

Heres what I would have done:

I would have called under the gun, after the flop I would have raised the minimum on the flush draw, then called the re-raise.

After the Turn card I would have checked, still with the hopes of a flush or top pair.

After the river, I would have called.

The other person had K of spades and 5 of clubs

Answer 1

First of all is this LHE or NLHE or PLHE? FR, 6max, or HU? Online or Live? What stakes? What is your table image? What are the effective stack sizes? Tourney or Cash? What type of player is the other player: TAG, LAG, Station, etc.? It seems like u know next to nothing about NLHE considering u didnt give enough info to answer accurately. But in general, u would want to raise 99 UTG in almost all games unless it is 10 handed, then u would limp about half the time.

Answer 2

I saw on that short-lived show "Learn from the Pros," that you want to get into the pot as cheap as possible with any pocket pair nines or under. This is because you want to hit your set on the flop. If someone hits their tens or higher (most likely the case, in my experience), it wouldn't have cost you that much to see the flop and you can fold. So if I was under the gun, personaly, I'd limp in.

If the guy in the big blind checked it over to me on the flop, I'd bet. My nines are probably still the best hand. He can't re-raise .5 times more. It has to be at least double your bet, so let's go with that. If it really doesn't affect my stack that much, I'd call it. Other than that, I'd have to read the guy to make my decision. Is the guy usually aggressive and bluffs a lot or is he conservative and he actually has something worth re-raising with? Things like that.