Laying down JJ Preflop

[runnerunner]

Live $100 max $1/$2 game. I have $120 in 3rd position.

UTG ($75) Opens for $5
UTG +1 Folds
Hero raises to $20 with JJ
Fold around to Small blind $120 who raises to $75
BB Folds
UTG calls all-in.
Your action??

Game has been relatively loose agressive. UTG has not played a lot of hands and appears to be one of the weaker players at the table. SB is a tough player who has played pretty tight agressive while I have been at the table. I have played pretty tight in my couple hours at the table, the only hand I have shown down is QQ.

[Taxa_dk]

u raised 20$ with JJ 16% of ur stack.
that is a bold move as i c it.
u already put way to much in this hand i would fold and go re-study JJ from 3rd pos.

correct me if im wrong here

[AncientPC]

Fold. If it was played the same way online I would expect SB to have a high pocket pair and if not, well it wouldn't be very hard to extract money from him down the road.

[Kaz The Original]

I'm folding to small blind alone.

[xorbie]

I'd definetely fold here. That $75 reraise looks like either QQ or KK, and the all-in call is at the worst AK.

[jb9]

I would fold.

I have learned the hard way (or, more precisely, the expensive way) that calling large preflop re-raises with JJ should only be done when the Poker Gods have promised you a J on the flop, because you are going to need it...

[Tilt]

Easy fold.

Dont raise JJ that much, especially in EP/MP.

[runnerunner]

I folded. BB showed 66. UTG Showed A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]2 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. 6 hit the flop with 2 spades. Flush came on the River. I think I did the right thing. I hated my fold when I saw their cards and loved it when I saw the flop. BB told me that he knew he could raise me off of my hand and have a race with UTG, getting odds from my dead $20. I still don't like his play, because he is going to get called in at least one spot. Even if he did push me off of a medium PP, he can't know that UTG doesn't have a higher PP and put him in bad shape. I am not sure what UTG was doing calling this bet. Next time I'll make a smaller raise, I don't think it would be correct to just call here, but my raise was too much.

Thanks for the comments.

Steve

[THE OUTLAW]

As it turned out you folded the best hand at the time. Oh well! that is a very easy fold. In the game you describe there will be many better spots to push your stack to the middle.

THE OUTLAW

[Kaz The Original]

I believe this is failed logic here. "Better spots" should not apply unless you are on a limited bankroll. Grab every little bit of +EV you can.

That being said, it is still a clear fold.