($11) JJ against shorter stacks

darkcore · #1 10-04-2005, 07:32 AM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) converter

Button (t4110)
SB (t550)
Hero (t1105)
UTG (t2720)
MP1 (t2265)
MP2 (t2070)
CO (t680)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
2 folds, MP2 calls t100, CO raises to t200, 1 fold, SB raises to t550, Hero raises to t1105, MP2 folds, CO calls t480 (All-In).

Flop: (t2435) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2435) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2435) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2435

did i play this hand right? any comments and suggestions appreciated.

#2 10-04-2005, 08:05 AM

After a call, a min. raise from a shortstack + a push from another short I muck JJ preflop.

Hofzinser · #3 10-04-2005, 09:14 AM

I'd play it the same way you did.

You'll doubtless have overcards to dodge, but at the $11 level there's no way the action before it gets to you has to mean qq or above.

Cassidy · #4 10-04-2005, 09:31 AM

I think I would fold this too given the action ahead of me. CO really looks like he wants at a caller and the re-raise by SB indicates that he is happy to oblige. I really wouldn't be too suprised to find myself up against AA, KK or QQ here especially from the CO who chose to min-raise rather than push.

If the CO had pushed and the SB had folded then I would feel a little more confident about my Jacks and put in a re-raise to get HU with the CO.

Karak567 · #5 10-04-2005, 12:25 PM

I hate it, but I fold here.

Iamafish · #6 10-04-2005, 12:29 PM

Are you kidding?

.....All-in.

sofere · #7 10-04-2005, 12:35 PM

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I think I would fold this too given the action ahead of me. CO really looks like he wants at a caller and the re-raise by SB indicates that he is happy to oblige. I really wouldn't be too suprised to find myself up against AA, KK or QQ here especially from the CO who chose to min-raise rather than push.

If the CO had pushed and the SB had folded then I would feel a little more confident about my Jacks and put in a re-raise to get HU with the CO.

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I also wouldn't be surprised to see A9, KQ, 99, or even 22 here at the 11s. I still fold this though. Better opportunities than this to put all my chips at risk.

freemoney · #8 10-04-2005, 12:53 PM

pretty easy push at any level id think

darkcore · #9 10-04-2005, 12:55 PM

thanks for all the input.

i think folding would have been the better choice. simply because i still have time before my stack size becomes desperate and can find better opportunities.

it seems to me that i have a tendency to overplay these good but not great hands like JJ (or AQ-AT,88-QQ...) too often right now, costing me the chance to get itm. i found some more examples while reviewing my hand histories. maybe i'll post some of them later.

oh, sb = 33, co = KK and i never recoverd...