.5/1 JJ Hand for Review
 

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saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

Button ($38.30)
SB ($181.60)
BB ($81.35)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($106)</font>
UTG+1 ($118.90)
MP1 ($66.65)
MP2 ($70.30)
<font color="#C00000">MP3 ($49.85)</font>
CO ($158.20)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $4</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls $4, CO calls $4, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: ($13.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $8</font>, MP3 calls $8, CO folds.

Turn: ($29.50) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $20</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to $37.85</font>, Hero calls $17.85.

River: ($105.20) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $105.20

This is my third hand at the table, so no reads yet. Did I play the hand right? Comments on every street please.

Re: .5/1 JJ Hand for Review
 

Man this is ugly. Bet more on the flop. Nothing you can do on the turn IMO. I can't comfortably check-fold and any bet commits you.

Re: .5/1 JJ Hand for Review
 

Preflop is SOP.
I really want to pot that flop, then hit myself with a brick if it's called.
Turn couldn't have possibly helped unless Villain's holding, say, 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. I don't want to bet it. I don't want to check it. Christ.
If you're not doubled through now, that river probably did the trick nicely.

I wish I knew how to play this hand well. Stacks &amp; board seem just right for me to get WTF PWNED here. Somebody better than me (read: most of you), feel free to take a crack at this little puppy. And practice flopping a jack.

Re: .5/1 JJ Hand for Review
 

Wow. Don't you hate those short-stacked bastards?

I agree, there wasn't much you could do here. Of course if he had more cash we could think seriously about folding to a turn raise, but as it played out, you're locked in.

Your only escape route is to be incredibly weak-tight and check the turn. Sure, someone holding a 9 will have called that flop and has now hit a straight. But I think the flush draw or a ten are much more likely calling hands and so a check-the-turn line gives up a lot of value.

Well played.

Re: .5/1 JJ Hand for Review
 

Against certain opponents I think you could check fold the turn to a big bet but without a read this looks good.

paul

Re: .5/1 JJ Hand for Review
 

i'd bet more on the flop to make chasing with a naked 9 way more uncomfortable. once the turn hits not much You can do other than check/fold but that doesn't feel right.