Re: Bubble JJ hand
pre-flop i think it's got to be push or call. i really don't like raise-fold because you could be folding as a 80-20 favorite, and likely as a 55-45 favorite. raise-call is also pretty unappealing because the call is going to make you a little queasy against his range with those stack sizes. and if he flat calls your raise it will hard to play post-flop because you really want to avoid going broke.
at first i thought your call was dubious, but i like it now. the stacks are a little too deep to push. i think your line is ok post-flop... the only worry i would have would be getting pushed off the hand by something like 55 / 9x / etc that read your turn check (correctly) as weakness.
but i don't see much to do about it. betting the turn makes you lose too much against an AQ / JT type hand. you could flat call the flop and plan on calling one real bet. this would give free cards, and it would let him push you off with solid bets on the turn and river, but it would let you extract more from hands that are drawing nearly dead (that usually fold the flop).
i'd take your line though.
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