Huge Pot early in a Party $30 3-table SNG

[uw_madtown]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (10 handed)

MP1 (t1050)
MP2 (t810)
MP3 (t575)
CO (t1065)
Button (t1345)
uwmadtown (t1235)
BB (t900)
UTG (t1160)
UTG+1 (t785)
UTG+2 (t1075)

Preflop: uwmadtown is SB with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls t20, UTG+1 calls t20, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button calls t20, uwmadtown completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t100) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
uwmadtown checks, BB checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets t20</font>, UTG+1 folds, <font color="CC3333">Button raises to t150</font>, <font color="CC3333">uwmadtown raises to t500</font>, BB folds, UTG calls t480, Button calls t350.

Turn: (t1600) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
uwmadtown checks, UTG checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets t825 (All-In)</font>, uwmadtown calls t715 (All-In), UTG calls t640 (All-In).

River: (t3780) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players, 3 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t3780

Results in white below: <font color="white">
uwmadtown shows Jh Th (four of a kind, jacks).
UTG shows Qh 9h (full house, jacks full of queens).
Button shows 8s 8d (full house, jacks full of eights).
Outcome: uwmadtown wins t3670. Button wins t110. </font>


This is way early in the tourney, and I have NO previous reads on these players. Obviously this isn't a "I got beat by an inferior hand, tell me I played it right" kind of post -- I want to know if I should have folded this hand pre-flop, should I have been more or less aggressive on the flop, and should I have bet out on the turn?

- uwmadtown

[schwza]

i think you played it well. i would complete there, and i think the double check-raise (well, check-call on the turn as it happened) is good. one of those guys almost certainly has a Q (probably both) and will bet.

[Chief911]

Nice play. I think JTs (And even JTo) is one of the vastly underrated hands around. It can many times give you the nut straight with big cards on the board (Giving you plenty of action). I probably play it more than I should, but am very +EV with it according to good ole Pokertracker.

Nick

[MLG]

Well done. Hope you used those chips well.

[tripdad]

i just smooth call button's raise to encourage the overcall. you have a monster here, and 90% of the time, your opponents are drawing to 2-outers. also, you are never folding to any bet, so you might as well build the pot. other than that, NICE HAND!

cheers!