How to play this JJ hand.

luckOverSkill · #1 06-14-2005, 01:49 PM

Reraise preflop. If he calls you may be in good shape. If he rereraises, I'd muck my hand. Or you can call the raise preflop and lead out with a pot sized bet.

Hehe.

gomberg · #2 06-14-2005, 03:49 PM

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Reraise preflop. If he calls you may be in good shape. If he rereraises, I'd muck my hand. Or you can call the raise preflop and lead out with a pot sized bet.

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This is going to cost you a lot of money in the long run if you play like this. I'd need to know a lot about the table before reraising here w/ JJ.

flawless_victory · #3 06-14-2005, 04:02 PM

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Reraise preflop. If he calls you may be in good shape. If he rereraises, I'd muck my hand. Or you can call the raise preflop and lead out with a pot sized bet.

[/ QUOTE ]This is going to cost you a lot of money in the long run if you play like this. I'd need to know a lot about the table before reraising here w/ JJ.

[/ QUOTE ]this guy raised a few limpers from the button. big deal... reraising pre is good, but calling is fine too... especially since the guy is referred to as solid, which at online 2/4 translates to "weak tight nit"..

gomberg · #4 06-14-2005, 04:15 PM

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this guy raised a few limpers from the button. big deal... reraising pre is good, but calling is fine too... especially since the guy is referred to as solid, which at online 2/4 translates to "weak tight nit"..

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I don't know - when a solid player raises decent on the button after 4 limpers, I don't like a reraise here w/ a nice valued hand because

1) you could shut yourself out of the pot and a chance to make a lot of money if you set
2) one of the early limpers could limp-reraise or just call you to trap
3) you just made the pot very large if you get 1 or 2 callers and your OOP w/ a tough hand to play.
4) The only mistake button can make is to fold QQ.

Just seems like you're setting yourself up for a tough spot postflop. If you know the button steals like this sometimes, the raise is a little better. If you know the first limper usually doesn't lrr, then it's better too. I just like to know the players well before playing tough pots out of position like this. If there's a good reason for a reraise, then go for it, but I like a call here the majority of the time (70-80%).