JJ-hand. First hand!

[Jakob]

***** Hand History for Game 2572154437 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:15031991 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Sunday, August 21, 10:37:46 EDT 2005
Table Table 13805 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 5: Ga_Zillion ( $800 )
Seat 9: gcesod ( $800 )
Seat 2: bluebirdont ( $800 )
Seat 1: Drainlife ( $800 )
Seat 4: birdy57tre ( $800 )
Seat 10: tull5744 ( $800 )
Seat 6: ekrupits ( $800 )
Seat 7: Russianman ( $800 )
Seat 3: Segundo1 ( $800 )
Seat 8: alamedaluck ( $800 )
Trny:15031991 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Drainlife [ Js Jd ]
birdy57tre folds.
Ga_Zillion calls [15].
ekrupits raises [30].
Russianman calls [30].
alamedaluck folds.
gcesod calls [30].
tull5744 folds.
Drainlife calls [30].
bluebirdont folds.
Segundo1 calls [15].
Ga_Zillion calls [15].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, 2c, 9c ]
Segundo1 checks.
Ga_Zillion checks.
ekrupits bets [125].
Russianman folds.
gcesod calls [125].


What to do?

Any comments?

[axeshigh]

Either you raise all-in or you let it go. I'd probably let go here since the only situation in which you are ahead is when someone has 1 pair and the other one a flush draw. It's fairly likely that they don't have much at a 22s but you can wait for a better spot.

[archcity]

The initial raise was weak. I think that hand deserved a strong reraise.

Then you would probably be up against only one other player and you would have a better idea of what kind of hand they have.

[ChoicestHops]

In level 1, Im not getting married to JJ. Alot of players will call to the river with overs or draws and the reward/risk ratio is not good so I like to raise to 45 and see what the flop presents.

When the flop is favorable such as this, you either all-in here or let it go.