ADVICE! Sooo Scarry Hand did I play it right?

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Im Big blind ($5.20) with JJ .10
everyone folds except small blind .05 ($9.50) he raises to .50

Normally at .05 - .10 a .50 raise means he has a pretty big hand.

I call the .50 just to see the flop. Thinking he could be on AK or QQ or something.

Flop drops 4 4 4

He instantly bets $1 to me this seems weird. If you had AA or KK you wouldn't need to place a scared bet like that.

I called the $1 maybe my mistake.

turn flips 5

He bets $3.80 putting me all in.

Now again im thinking he is on a pretty big hand but what. Anyways at this point im thinking it's a coin flip and call.

He shows 10 10!!!!!!!!!!!

River Queen

:D

The only problem I have is that I pretty much guaranteed myself MAXIMUM return by just calling. Im sure if I raised him at any point he might have been more cautious by putting me all in.

Anyways this is the reason why I do minimum buy in. Would hate to have $8 settled by a coin toss.
 
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Buy in full. Blind v Blind JJ is a hand you could get in pre-flop against a lot of players.
 
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Yea I understand that but it seems like throwing it away. I dont like all in pre flop unless ive got AA KK or AK suited and maybe QQ the JJ just seems abit to low for me.
 
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There is nothing wrong with you buyin in the minimum and I think you played this right, your villain could have had you crushed with AA KK or QQ, so glad he only had tens and you took it down.

GL @ the tables :)
 
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I think 5x is a bit donkish there are so many bad factors he loses value alot of the time with a strong hand when we fold, its a massive tell that either A he has a big hand or B he is going to try to bluff the pot.

Im not keen on shoving jacks pre flop in a cash game, because its pretty much a gamble. your getting called with QA/KA QQ/KK/AA most of the time for a flip. or any over pair wins the hand.

I definately would of called as you did and your right in what you thought about betting big on that board alot of the time they are trying to take that pot down there fora reason. (at least when its refering to a player that understands value)
that guy probably doesn't.

As for being scared tossing with that kind of money you need to playing playing with a bankroll big enough that you can lose 3 or 4 buy ins without even blinking, going on tilt or worrying...
Solely focus on making the best decisions long term if that means dropping down then so be it.
Your going to have to hit swings to maximise your winnings
 
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I am assuming the OP has a low BR as he seems to be playing scared with his money and if so there is nothing wrong with buyin in with the mininum.

If his BR can support the Maximum, then by all means he should be paying that, thats obvious.
 
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Not scared as in SCARED lol it's just one of those situations you get youself into where you don't actually KNOW if you got it or not.

Anyways from $3 to $63 on the .5 .10 I start with $2 minimum at the table and go from there. I can lose my buy in 30 times no problem. Anyways ill just keep going since these tables seem to work well.
 
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Not scared as in SCARED lol it's just one of those situations you get youself into where you don't actually KNOW if you got it or not.

Anyways from $3 to $63 on the .5 .10 I start with $2 minimum at the table and go from there. I can lose my buy in 30 times no problem. Anyways ill just keep going since these tables seem to work well.

Lol I know you referred to scary as the hand but I assumed cos you were buyin in for the minimum then your BR must be low and a lot of the time playing with a low BR makes you play scared.
 
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He instantly bets $1 to me this seems weird. If you had AA or KK you wouldn't need to place a scared bet like that.

Everything else aside, I totally disagree with the above

I would totally be betting that with AA/KK
 
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in a situation where its blind vs. blind, If you have TT or better or AQs or better or AKo/s then you'll want to be doing everything possible to get in all the money preflop. If you are scared of doing that, then you need to take a look at some basics for poker. If you are not getting these in preflop then you are losing money. There's just no nice way to say it.

That being said, there are only a few hands that beat you and lots of bluffs and worse hands that you beat on this flop so you cant ever fold here.
 
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I don't understand the hole scary board aspect to the hand...I mean if your holding JJ and the board came out 444 (It's really a dry board), so nothing to be scared of..I mean if they had AA/KK/QQ than it's just a cooler but on this board nothing to be afraid of
 
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The $1 bet on the flop was a continuation bet. It could have been a value bet had you been playing a skilled player. Personally, I like to take control and reraise. If he folds, you make $2 bucks. If he calls or raises, you are already pretty much pot committed. Had he had AA KK QQ, you could decide there to fold or shove.

I read a poker book that wasn't all that great once. The one thing in that book that I have always remembered, "It is better to win a small pot than to lose a big one." The point being if you fired off a re-raise and he folded, you win with no risk. If he called or shoved, the result would have been the same anyway. You would have won or lost.
 
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Not scared as in SCARED lol it's just one of those situations you get youself into where you don't actually KNOW if you got it or not.

Anyways from $3 to $63 on the .5 .10 I start with $2 minimum at the table and go from there. I can lose my buy in 30 times no problem. Anyways ill just keep going since these tables seem to work well.

well 20bb deep BvB with the 4th nuts you should always be reshoving regardless.

OP/EvG - really you should be playing lower stakes with deeper stacks here then, if you're better than the people you're playing against then you want as many bb's behind as possible.

the hand in question though, get it in pre-flop 100%.. but you played it fine, just getting it in pre-flop gets you more money so he doesnt fold 77 on T93 flops and stuff when he would have called your shove or you dont get bluffed off the best hand when it comes AKx

all I got to say. :rolleyes:
 
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