Prima $27 JJ 1st level.

ryanghall · #1 10-08-2005, 02:56 PM

Blinds 10/20

I get JJ in LMP

3 limps to me and I make it 180. Too much? BB calls, 1 limper calls.

Flop is K83, 2 spades. I don't have Js if that matters.

Both check to me and I bet 400.

Should I just check through? Bet less?

Ryan

ryanghall · #2 10-09-2005, 11:33 AM

bump -

anyone?

zoobird · #3 10-09-2005, 11:38 AM

I like how you played this. Especially if stacks are decent size (1500+).

#4 10-09-2005, 03:25 PM

Good play. I would probably make a slightly smaller raise pre-flop. 120 (3xbb+1bb for each limper) will probably push out all of the hands that 180 will, and I can almost guarantee that 150 will. The smaller bet does two things. It increases your chances of getting a caller--which you want with JJ (prefer 1 rather than 2). Even if the caller has AK, it is very likely that you are ahead on the flop (you're roughly 57/43 to win by the river against AK/AQ/KQo (54/46 against AK/AQ/KQs), and the overcards need all five cards to even have these odds. Also, most limpers aren't going to have hands this good (maybe KQ, but probably not AK/AQ). They've probably got at least one undercard or one J, giving you a significantly better hand. The other thing that it does is to control the pot size. This way, when you bet the flop, (which you will unless it comes AKQ, KQx, or AQx, and even then an argument can be made for betting as a caller could have a medium pair or maybe even SCs) you don't have to risk as much of your stack. Yes, you potentially win less, and with a hand like JJ (which I've busted early on twice recently), you want to limit your variance.

Will