I am not sure why some people seem to think this is such a large unwritten rule and you can get serious heat for not following it. Sure the 99 was a fairly good hand, but you were totally out of position, and calling an all-in with any two cards out of position is not good play. To say that everyone should just call the all-in bet is a bit short sighted. I think the raise was a good play by the player, I likely would have done the same thing with an Ace, but probably would need a better kicker. And if everyone had just called the all-in bet, you get 5-6 times what the person went all in on. If he happens to win it with that hand (and he was out of position too, so you had to think he had something), then he makes out even better then this situation with the raise and he only triples up. I agree with the others that you dont play this to eliminate a person, you play it to win chips. You could eliminate 10 people, but if they only had 100 chips each when you eliminate then, then you still only have 1000 chips. You play a couple of hands to win chips, and you could be doing far better then that.  |