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| Playing JJ For low states multi-table tournaments in the early rounds... How to play JJ before the flop... early? button? Thanks, Carlthalion |
| Play Texas Hold'em Online Poker | Playing JJ | |
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| How to play JJ before the flop depends of the table, and of course your position. Beggining of the tourney: Early position: I will raise 3.5 to 5 times the BB. In Late position: I will raise the same amount used on early position, but i will call sometimes if nobody has already entered in the pot. Late in the tourney: Depends of your chip stack, if im in the red zone i will go all in with the jacks at any position. But if you have a stack in the yellow zone your play now will depends of the table, if the table is loose and has a lot of raises before the flop and u are at early position with your jacks, the best thing to do is just call and wait to push when someone raises at you. At a tight table u need to play this hand agreessive, so raise 3 to five times the BB with them. |
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| Deciding How to play pocket jacks depends on the situation. 1.What's your stack size relative to other stack sizes and the blinds? 2. What other action has there been before the betting got to you? 3 What are the stack sizes of people who've already put money in the pot? 4. What kind of reads do you have on the other players at the table? Like I've said time and time again in this forum, there is never any set right or wrong way to play any hand, including pocket jacks - it always, ALWAYS depends on the situation. |
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| any mid pair is just a pain sometimes, especially in low limit mtt's since there are so many that love the phrase "its only 5 bucks, who cares". but yea, I'm with everyone else, 4-5 times the bb depending on you stack but since its early i'm assuming you still are about average. and depending on your position depends on how many others have come in and if you can just pick up a bunch of blinds by raising bigger...as was already said, depends on your table and their stacks |
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| Early in a tournament i would play it like any low pocket pair. Try to see a flop as cheap as possible and try to hit a set. You do not want to commit too much of your chips early without a big hand so I would avoid pushing too hard preflop. After the flop you should play it cautiously if overcards come or if too much money is going in the pot. Try not to go broke with one pair especially early. |
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| There is a saying that there are 3 ways to play JJ and they are all wrong! The reason is that JJ is between mid pairs and big pairs. Basically decide whether in the current situation it is more like a big pair or mid pair. It is big pair when you are short-stacked. It is medium pair when your stack is deep. Don't ask what it is if you have a medium stack. No one knows. |
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| JJ, no matter when, where, or even how to play it, is a hand that you can't get married to. If the over comes. You must lay it. Your pre-flop raise has to be big enough to eliminate junk hands at your table. Therefore, you have to know the players at your table. Proceed with caution. Lefty |
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| re: Playing JJ poker i agree with santos...the first one to reply..u need to play it strong out of the gate to get a read on players right away....maybe to get rid of ppl playing KJ or QJ, get some of the overcards out of there...and if its low..play strong, do NOT slow play |
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| JJ EARLY : i call if the stakes of my opponents are up to 2 times the big blind in the BOTTON i call to see the flop until 2 or 3 times the big blind in the late position: if no opponent increase the betting I bet 3 times the big blind, otherwise, someone bet up to 3 times I give call. if someone gives in all I give fold. |
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| AaarrrrrGggggg!!!!!!! Quote:
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| i dont know if this is right by the book, but i have found that in early position you should call, get some people in the pot and you dont have to double up on them, just get someone with top pair ( if the board is low) and get some chips. EVERY HAND YOU PLAY IN A TOURNEY DOESNT HAVE TO BE A DOUBLE UP!!! |
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| It depends on the state of the tourney. I you only have 10 big blinds left, then all in isnt a bad play. If its the beggining, then you should play it like any other medium pair. Remember, THE HAND STARTS ON THE FLOP! So if overs hit, you need to be cautious. |
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| When you raise with your jacks before the flop, you will have an idea about your opponents cards, thats why i like to play this hand very agreessive before the flop with the objective to play against just one opponent, of course that everthing depends of the situation... |
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| T.J. Cloutier says it best when talking about JJ. Its not a premium hand, so you're going to have to be careful with it. If you get all this money in preflop and an ace, king or queen hits the flop what do you have? A hand to muck. I think you have to be careful with it and play it like any other middle pair. 8-10 times when Im out of position I'm going to raise if first in. If I'm in position and theres a standard raise in front of me I'll reraise 70/call 30. I want to know right away if I'm going to have to get away from the hand. The question you have to ask yourself is if you want to put your whole tournament on a middle pair when you are most likely going to be at best a coinflip against AQ, KQ or AK, and completely dominated by the big three. Are there times to push with JJ? Sure. Against a scouted player, or depending on your stack to blind ratio, or a multitude of other factors. But its still just a middle pair. Especially in a multi player pot. |
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| you have to be careful with JJ...in early stages maybe a 4 times raise in early position to test the strength of the other hands behind you, if you get a big reraise chances are you're already beat or you're in a coin flip situation. if an over card hits the flop and you're facing a raise, remember that it's okay to lay it down...when you're beat, you're beat |
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| re: Playing JJ poker before- decent raise but don't overcommit If i'm big blind I may raise as well because some may think you are trying to steal. If I don't hit on the flop and there are overcards i'll still bet something and see who calls. The problem is the guy who raises- Then I think you have to fold. |
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| Definetely raise at least three or four times the big blind if no one els raises. But if some one else raises I like to just call and see a flop that way if A K or Qs hit the flop I can make a feeler bet to try to figure out what they are sitting on, but as everyone else stated it does depend on stack sizes and positions |
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