Did I play this right?

I was playing in a 10 cent "Americas Cup of Poker" tournament on pokerstars. I played for about 30 minutes and remained around even for the whole time. On my final hand I was dealt pocket jacks, I raised 2 big blinds and everyone folded but 2. The flop came down Q Q Q. The first one bet the pot and the second one reraised all-in. I called putting myself all-in. The 1st player had a suited A3, the second player had pocket 9s. The turn came down... ace. Game over.

I was just wondering if you guys/gals thought I played that hand correctly (even tho I lost) or if I should have just folded and waited for my next opportunity.

i would have maybe raised alittle more getting that weak ace of out of the hand and going heads up witht he pocket nines which you would have loved to see after that flop, because that person would not have folded those pocket nines post flop.

other than not raising enough however i thought you played the hand pretty well

Without knowing the stack sizes of the players involved in the hand, it's a little hard to say for sure what the appropriate pre-flop raise should have been, but certainly, with pocket jacks you want to raise more than 2x the big blind pre-flop. With a raise that small, I surprised you only got 2 callers.

After the flop though, there's really nothing you can do. The only thing that beats you is pocket kings or aces, or if another player happens to be holding the case queen.

Hard to answer if we don't know the stacks, blinds, your position, etc.

But I think U shoul raise at least 3BB.

I hate minraises, which is what I think you mean when you say you raised 2 bb's, rather than you raised 2 bb's on top.

By raising 3-4bb with all raisable hands, you make opponents unsure of what hand you could have. If someone min raises and I'm in the bb, i'll almost certainly call with any hand purely because i'm getting the right odds to call. Make that raise bigger, and get rid of all the weaker hands. If you raise it up more and the A3 still calls and hits his 3 outer on the river, thats poker. Calling all in with JJ on a QQQ board is most definetly a +ev move.

Thanks for the advice everyone. In the future I'll be sure to show more strength with the pocket J's. I'm used to the live, cash game ambiance so an online tournament throws me off my game a bit. I have a feeling this will go away with more experience.

The probability of presence at someone from opponents Q is very insignificant, and after bet if you were together - that would be correct to play re-raise all-in. But considering that you were in the best position after re-raise all-in from the second player you should give in not reflecting. In general I try without nuts to not enter in all-in with more than one opponent. Start up fight among themselves. Especially at you it is far not the best hand. Especially at you it is far not the best hand, and contenders have shown aggression and show force even if from them someone and bluffed most likely only one.

I would have folded and accepted it was not my hand to win. I would put someone in a situation like this on a q depending on the range you think they are - a qj or qk ... so it's a fold for me

I agree with the first few posts, get rid of the rag ace by raising at least 3 BB and then play from there. AA & KK would probably have re-raised all in, so I would assume I was ahead on the flop, ship it and see.

You are also going to see odd things in the lower buy in tourneys and I suspect you may have had action from the Ace even on 4 BB raise pre flop.

Right way

Pocket jacks are a tricky thing, I don't think there was a right way to play that hand.You just got beat on the river it's tough but a reality nonetheless.

You could have raised a little more in hopes of getting rid of that ace three but all in all you played it right.

Sorry about the bad luck.

GG

I think you made the right call, but you just got unlucky on the turn. Oh well, that's poker ya right?

Shoulda raised more preflop imo. Then since it is a 10 cent game, you have to expect people playing a lot of different hands in strange ways, so the all ni call was too early imo.