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JJ early in $55 Stars
Hi all, my first time posting sample hands and I hope to make it a habit (with more interesting hands than the following). My, uhm, friend, the hero below was too aggressive and should have just:
1) Called with what intent on the flop? or 2) raised to about $250? or 3) something else entirely? PokerStars Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30 Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: dago-ace (1520 in chips) Seat 3: vjas2d (1455 in chips) Seat 4: beniskewl (2445 in chips) Seat 5: alhst (1725 in chips) Seat 6: mmahlin (1260 in chips) Seat 7: CLUNK (2400 in chips) Seat 8: Hero (1460 in chips) Seat 9: ScrewyLouie (1235 in chips) CLUNK: posts small blind 15 Hero: posts big blind 30 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Hero [Jc Js] ScrewyLouie: calls 30 dago-ace: raises 60 to 90 vjas2d: folds beniskewl: folds alhst: folds mmahlin: folds CLUNK: calls 75 Hero: raises 1370 to 1460 and is all-in ScrewyLouie: folds dago-ace: raises 60 to 1520 and is all-in CLUNK: folds Thanks. |
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Re: JJ early in $55 Stars
christ. call the 90 and take a flop, dont put yer whole stack in there, lol. holla
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Re: JJ early in $55 Stars
I believe that I represent a majority of 2+2 tourney players when I sumarise the play of JJ like this.
JJ may seem like a sweet pair to have. But early in the toruney it can be poison. Lump it with your small pairs. Apply the small pair rule of "looking for a set" so only play it for a chance at getting ten times your money if the third J hits. Yes JJ seems like the 4'th best hand and it is. It is just so freakin hard to play. Any A, K , or Q that flops will put you in fear. So in a sense it is 3 times worse than KK in terms of number of scare cards. So treat it like a small pair. Except when you sense weakness or have position or some other advantage. If the flop comes all little cards then you can begin to treat JJ like a big pair, then and only then. I went through a stretch of hating loathing and despising JJ. |
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