The best tip I've been given on playing Texas Hold'em is that position is really important so I've been trying to incorporate this into my game.
From early position it seems best to be extremely tight and only play premium hands so the other day I was playing a 9 man SNG and I was dealt 99 under the gun. It was only the second level of blinds but I folded and wasn't sure if this was the correct decision or not.
My reasoning was that had I raised and 1 or 2 people called they almost certainly would've been beating me if I didn't hit a 9 on the flop and I'd then be first to act. If there were any overcards on the flop then I'd be in a really bad position.
So was folding the right thing to do in this circumstance?