Pokerroom $5 freezout, close to final table

This was a $5 freezout with a few hundred entrants. Prize structure was very steep, with the top 5 getting far better money than the rest of the final table. 8-10 places barely get more than not making the final table at all.

Blinds were 1500T/3000T

I was 3rd in chips with 13 players left, about 85,000T. Villain had 60,000T and had recently raised all-in after I raised 3x the BB from EP. I'd folded my 99.

I had JJ in middle position, raised 10,000T. Villain on Button raised all-in, I called. I honestly did not think much about what kind of hand he had. We'd both been stealing our share of blinds, so I figured he could've had any decent hand.

With me having him covered, and the fact that I'd recently folded to his all-in reraise; was this a good call?

I figured that winning that hand would put me in good shape to make the real money in the top 3, which is all I cared about. I was trying to build up a big stack, so that once in the FT, I could play big stack poker and have a much better shot at winning or getting real close.

FWIW, there were no stacks less than 30,000T. So no one was getting blinded out any time soon.

Easy call. If you ran into AA-QQ that sucks, and its time to catch a J on the river. =D

no decision. call. especially since he saw you lay down once to an allin, you can lower his range of hands a little bit based on this information alone, just a shame he had bigger pair or sucked out on you.