Pocket Jacks, lost half my stack...
 

In a home tourney Saturday the following happened to me. Dealt pocket Jacks UTG, I call call the BB. There was no preflop raise with 3 players in the hand. The flop is 9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] . I come out with a $400 bet. Player to my left calls as does BB. Turn is a 10 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] , I check, hoping for someone bet with A9 or A10... Checks around the table. River is a 7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] . I bet again 400, and again I get called from both players. I show my pocket jacks, player to my left shows A9 as I predicted, what does the BB roll over to beat me?

Re: Pocket Jacks, lost half my stack...
 

Donk 2pr, probably 7 2 by the language of your post . . .

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I predict that he showed a hand that would have folded to a preflop raise of approx 3xbb.

If not, then he played it worse than you did...

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You limped with JJ UTG and got what was coming to you.

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You limped with JJ UTG and got what was coming to you.

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Agreed. What's the point of limping with pocket jacks? especially UTG. did you even want to win the pot? terrible. also, we have no idea what blinds were or stack sizes.

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This is in the wrong forum. The mod should lock this so the OP can't drag this bad beat story out.

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this thread is just sad. kill it now.

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The mod should lock this so the OP can't drag this bad beat story out.

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Philosophical question -- if you misplay the hand and then lose is it really a bad beat?

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Raise the jacks preflop. And we need blind sizes to know what he could have. If the blinds are high, you could be betting a quarter of the pot, and he could have anything. And don't check the turn. But I am sure this has all been said.