Re: JTo.
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You don't have a good draw.
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Well, I don't have a very good hand. Is MPJK a strong enough hand to need to protect in a $9 limped pot?
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If you get checkraised on the flop your hand is no good and you've given up very little equity by folding your draw.
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Right, but if I get check-raised by, lets say, a set of Nines or something, I've given up my free card and draw. If I made my straight on the turn and potted it, I do not see the set of 9s folding.
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A nine has five outs against you. Any ace, any king, any eight have three outs against you. Any pocket pair has two outs against you.
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Kings and Eights don't have any outs against me, redraws perhaps, but not direct hits. They make my straight. All of these outs against me I am not concerned with as I do not have a worthy hand of calling bets or making raises with. It's just MP with a Jack kicker.
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How do you feel when the limper spikes a set of fours on the turn and bets into you?
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If someone pots it to me on a 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] turn, I fold it and give them credit for a better hand than MP. I won't be getting into trouble with this hand, which is why I have no quarrels with checking behind.
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You're not folding second pair there after no flop action.
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If they pot it, or near pot it, yeah, I usually do.
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Furthermore, tons of players will call on the flop with a naked jack. You are on a huge freeroll against them.
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This is a pretty good point.
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