JJ on a very scary board.

[jat850]

That can be a hard question with difficult boards. I played JJ live yesterday 2/4 and raised out of the SB. Got 4 callers. Flop was KQx. Ouch. I bet out and get ready to fold to a raise. 4 callers. Turn is a blank, I bet. 1 fold, 3 callers. I still think I am beat. River, an A! Now I am ready to jump in the river and check. It checks around and I show first and WIN! I did not get to see the other cards. WTF were they playing or thinking? Weird stuff like this and good pot odds give us good reason to call down on larger pots when we are "sure" that we are beaten. We out think ourselves by thinking that we would never be in our opponents situation without cards that beat us. They do not think our way, they think THEIR way and it is OUR MISTAKE to see their hand through OUR EYES. Be very careful about giving your opponent too much credit by playing their hand your way.