question of the day

[ClintBluffins]

your short stacked...like 12 blinds left, 7 places from the money, playing 9 handed..is Q9 offsuit, a pushing hand?

[JustDestined]

your short stacked...like 12 blinds left, 7 places from the money, playing 9 handed..is Q9 offsuit, a pushing hand?

Depends who's on the table.

[ClintBluffins]

wah wah wah

[ericexiao]

Check the lobby, how much money does everyone else have (in terms of people between you and the money)? If not a lot, then you can try to wait it out for them to shove. What position are you in? How many people folded ahead of you? Q9 isn't really that respectable of a hand to shove on in my opinion unless you are SB or OTB and a lot of people have folded, if you have to play Q9 off, give yourself better odds by going heads-up (heads-up will give you odds closer to 40-60, 30-70 at worst while going 3 handed will give you odds of 33% of winning the pot at best and your odds are likely to be worse than that.)

[OnMyGrind]

I think I would wait unless it is a loose player with a wide range and the pay jump should matter.

[dongarcia79]

If I were you I sit back and wait as long as you can and hope that you get the two rite cards to push all-in on!

[turkeyfive]

I try not to shove unless I'm at the 10bb or less point so with 12 I'd wait a bit longer. If it was Q9 suited, though, I'd go for it depending on the table. It also depends on position-- it's best to shove on the button or one of the blinds so you have a possibly bigger pot (with all the people limping in mid position and a possible button raise).

[Invertedafro]

your short stacked...like 12 blinds left, 7 places from the money, playing 9 handed..is Q9 offsuit, a pushing hand?

No, next question

[HopsBar28]

I try not to shove unless I'm at the 10bb or less point so with 12 I'd wait a bit longer. If it was Q9 suited, though, I'd go for it depending on the table. It also depends on position-- it's best to shove on the button or one of the blinds so you have a possibly bigger pot (with all the people limping in mid position and a possible button raise).

I agree here, but at some point you have to just take the dive, because waiting around for a monster is a losing strategy. One more round - if you don't get your obvious action hand, take a solid face or ace and dive in

[zingbust]

depends if antes have kicked in yet or not, and your position...otb, sb, or maybe cutoff if everyone's folded to you and antes have kicked in, shove and hope.