NL25 JJ hand

kitaristi0 · #1 10-13-2005, 07:17 AM

Can I fold this river? The odds were just too good to pass up.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (7 handed) converter

SB ($73.30)
Hero ($25)
UTG ($24.20)
MP1 ($13.65)
MP2 ($7.75)
CO ($24.45)
Button ($25.10)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, MP2 calls $0.25, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1.5, UTG folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $1.25.

Flop: ($3.60) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $2.5, MP2 calls $2.50.

Turn: ($8.60) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $1.25, Hero calls $1.25.

River: ($11.10) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $2.5 (All-In), Hero calls $2.50.

Final Pot: $16.10

#2 10-13-2005, 07:29 AM

hmm...

I would rather put him all in on the turn after he bets $1.25 than check-calling river.

I usually check JJ in the BB, so I don't really know if preflop and flop are good, I'll let some one else comment on that.

kitaristi0 · #3 10-13-2005, 07:32 AM

PF and flop are pretty standard (at least for me), maybe bet more like $3 on the flop.

Turn and river is were I got lost.

#4 10-13-2005, 07:52 AM

Well, look at it this way, if he bet's all in on the turn your getting about 3.3:1 odds, so a call can't be too bad. His weak-ass bet is pretty much an all-in becase if you call it, it pot commits you, as you have found out.

So, I like to check the turn in the hopes he checks behind. If he had bet all in I would call. Since he bet what he did I go ahead and check-raise all in, because the times he has a draw and the river goes check-check costing you EV outweigh the chance he is bluffing, and will bluff the river when checked to IMO.

edit: upon further thought, just go ahead and stick it in on the turn. His flop call might be a draw.