99 on 6♠ 3♦ 2♣, checked to you — bet or check?
The answer
Bet
Small stab, ~$4 (⅓ pot)
Best size: ⅓ pot · $4
The math: Fire a small ~$4 (⅓-pot) stab: the solver bets this overpair the large majority of the time, taxing every overcard that wants a free card.
Why
Nines is an overpair to a bone-dry 6-3-2 rainbow — you're miles ahead of the Big Blind's checking range. A small bet gets called by worse pairs and floated by loose overcards, all drawing painfully thin against you. Checking hands those live overcards a free look at the turn to outdraw you; betting makes them pay. Keep it small — the board is so disconnected there's nothing to protect against beyond the odd overcard.
The spot
- Your seat
- BTN
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- 9♠ 9♣
- Board
- 6♠ 3♦ 2♣
- Pot
- POT · $12
- Action on you
- BB checks
Every option
CheckGive up the betting lead
Why not: Checking gifts the Big Blind's overcards a free card to crack your overpair and passes up easy value from worse pairs.
BetSmall stab, ~$4 (⅓ pot)Correct
⅓ pot · $4 · ⅔ pot · $8 · pot · $12
The idea behind it
On dry, low, disconnected boards a small c-bet lets your value charge overcards while risking little — with no draws to fear, size down and bet often.
Concept: Value c-bet
Terms in this spot
Play it instead of reading it
The trainer deals this hand with hints, grading and spaced repetition — and randomized variations of it once you have seen it.