Pkr.com – Pocket Jacks
www.pkr.com – In Holdem, Jacks can somtimes end up losing you a big pot, but that certainly doesn’t mean they are a bad hand to get dealt. I was just reading on a site posts people had made about a hand where (J,J) wins all the money against (3,3) after a flop of (K,3,J). The player with (J,J) had allowed four other players to see the flop by limping in with (J,J) and some felt that this was ‘standard play’. Personally, I cannot think of many circumstances where I would limp in with (J,J). You might argue that you can smply fold the hand if an Ace, King, or Queen appears, but then let us suppose in this instance you are hoping for a flop of undercards.
Many players might then get very aggressive on the flop with their Jacks, but what happens if you are called and your opponent turns over two pair with suited connectors or something similar? If you allow four other players to take a flop then end up getting beaten by this type of hand, in my opinion, you didn’t get unlucky, you played the hand horribly. As soon as you decide not to raise preflop, you have no idea if you are in front when an overcard falls, and you have no idea if you are in front if it doesn’t when your subsequent raise is called or reraised. I have heard other players saying that people always bet too much with (J,J) preflop because they do not want to see a flop with them. When I have (J,J) I do not mind Timmediately means I can narrow down the possibilities of what my opponent can be holding. Also, if you raise strongly with (J,J) preflop and are faced with a big reraise, most of the time you can fold them knowing you would probably have been about 50% to win the pot at best. pkr.com
For Poker click the link
Filed under: Online Poker
