Playing JJ like 72o

77rules · #1 10-01-2004, 06:42 PM

This hand is pretty straight forward. Fool? raised pre flop with JJ (showed his hand) and got called. The flop is golden for him, he flops a set. So now he min bets (nice move Imo) and gets raised 150. To which he re raises all in.

Now the way I see it is MP3 has an Ace or maybe even a two pair. His set is probably good, and there are only two cards he could fear on the turn, another ace. Wouldn't it make sense to smooth call here, and check the turn hoping to get another bet from MP3?

Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t5 (7 handed) converter

UTG (t970.00)
MP1 (Fool?) (t965.00)
MP2 (t1420.00)
CO (t1725.00)
Button (t3185.00)
SB (t855.00)
BB (t880.00)

Preflop: SB posts a blind of t5.
UTG calls t10, MP1 (Fool?) raises to t120, MP2 calls t120, CO folds, Button folds, SB (poster) folds, BB folds, UTG folds.

Flop: (t265) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Fool? bets t20, MP2 raises to t150, Fool? raises to t845, MP2 folds.

Final Pot: t1260
Main Pot: t565 (t565), won by Fool?.
Pot 2: t695 (t695), returned to Fool?.

amoeba · #2 10-01-2004, 06:49 PM

with your set and a rainbow flop, I think its safe to slow play this a bit. opponent is pretty much drawing dead.

DeuceKicker · #3 10-01-2004, 06:55 PM

There is a straight draw out there, and not all that unlikely that MP2 is playing two broadway cards. For this reason I'd push on the flop.

patrick dicaprio · #4 10-01-2004, 08:04 PM

i would play it as you suggested. if there were two suited cards however then i might push but the most likely hands out there are AJ or AQ, AK so i dont see too much danger here.

Pat