Just played this hand, and I think I did it right...

coffeecrazy1 · #1 06-13-2005, 10:36 PM

10-handed 3/6 table on Multi:

I'm dealt JJ UTG, and choose to limp. Six callers in unraised pot. Flop brings a Q, I check, and MP2 or 3 bets out. I fold without much fanfare.

Did I play this incorrectly?

jason_t · #2 06-13-2005, 10:36 PM

No. Raise preflop.

rmarotti · #3 06-13-2005, 10:37 PM

You played it like a pansy.

thirddan · #4 06-13-2005, 10:37 PM

yes you played incorrectly...

next time you are dealt JJ UTG in a 10 handed Multi game choose to raise...

molawn2mo · #5 06-13-2005, 10:43 PM

you choose to limp because.... you want to QT, Ax, KT to see the flop for cheap? it's a crime to be dealt a premium hand and then give it away.

sy_or_bust · #6 06-13-2005, 10:51 PM

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You played it like a pansy.

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Sinnister · #7 06-13-2005, 11:03 PM

I think it may be correct to occasionally limp with big suited cards up front ak or aq and i mean rarely. I dont even know if ive done it in my last few thousand hands. Reason being is they do well multiway as well as with few oppts, so u may wanna do it every few sessions that u play with regulars so u could vary ur game. As for tt-qq i never limp because as one poster put it you dont want to let kx ax qt etc get in cheaply. Some ppl play q2s if its cheap. U want those overcards out. Also when a flop comes with no more than 1 overcard u should typically bet it out, and if raised, u have something to think about. Finally doesnt sound like uve read Small Stakes Hold'em by Ed Miller. Its a bit frustrating when people keep saying SSH and beginners have no clue what that is.

molawn2mo · #8 06-13-2005, 11:33 PM

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I think it may be correct to occasionally limp with big suited cards up front ak or aq and i mean rarely. I dont even know if ive done it in my last few thousand hands. Reason being is they do well multiway as well as with few oppts, so u may wanna do it every few sessions that u play with regulars so u could vary ur game. As for tt-qq i never limp because as one poster put it you dont want to let kx ax qt etc get in cheaply. Some ppl play q2s if its cheap. U want those overcards out. Also when a flop comes with no more than 1 overcard u should typically bet it out, and if raised, u have something to think about. Finally doesnt sound like uve read Small Stakes Hold'em by Ed Miller. Its a bit frustrating when people keep saying SSH and beginners have no clue what that is.

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Your comment is directed towards me. I was not the OP.

FWIW, I think think that you ought draft your responses with a little more diligence and clarity so that readers can gain the benefit of your clear thoughts rather than a jumble of rhetoric.

Lastly, I think it is abundantly clear that the OP is a newbie. Giving advice to "vary your play" by limping big suited cards is way bad. OP needs to learn to crawl before enrolling in the marathon; advice that you may choose to take for yourself. No bad intended.

MadMike · #9 06-13-2005, 11:36 PM

JJ cry at you to raise them. You wouldn't slowplay a AJ on a jack-high flop, would you? 2+2ers don't let drawers draw cheap.

coffeecrazy1 · #10 06-14-2005, 12:25 AM

Well, I appreciate the candor amidst the flames.

What I actually am is not a newbie but a formerly good player who has gone through about a year of personal problems that have destroyed my fundamentals and feel for the game, so I'm trying to get back to the basics, because nothing was automatic anymore.

I understand that what I did was a mistake now. Thank you.