What now?

[MicK412]

Hi guys, first post here on 2+2 but I've been lurking for months. This happened in a recent $20+2 tourney on pokerstars. I was on the button with an above average stack of 4200 chips. UTG was chip leader at the table, with about 9500 chips. I had been at his table the entire tourney and pegged him as total maniac and had gotten so by playing almost every hand, usually with a large raise preflop. Anyway, blinds are 100-200. UTG raises to 500 (which hes done the last 3 hands in succesion). Folded to me on the button. I look down and see J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. I consider folding, but decide to take a shot at this guy. I reraise to 2000 hoping to knock him off his hand. SB insta calls (he was down to ~1100 chips), BB folds, and UTG thinks for about 30 seconds and decides to call. 3 to the flop for ~5500 chips.

Flop A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

UTG bets 300. Hero...?

[Roman]

you consider folding?

I would raise here.

[MicK412]

Sorry about the folding part, I should probably explain myself. This happend to be the 4th time I had gotten jacks in the tourney (about 45 min in). Maybe I'm just too superstitious about these things, but I wasn't actually going to fold preflop.

[tripdad]

a preflop re-raise of half your stack makes no sense. your re-raise needs to be all-in or you need to fold.

you clearly are pot-committed and must push on this flop.

cheers!