teepack
Legend
Bronze Level
- Game
- Hold'em
- Game Format
- No Limit
- Stakes
- $1/$2
- Table Format
- Full (8-10 seats)
- Currency
- $
This was a tricky spot I found myself in at my last cash session. I had been playing for less than an hour. My starting stack of $200 was down to $141. I didn't have a backup stack, so if I go out here, I'm done for the day. And it was a three-hour drive to the casino, so I didn't want to get knocked out so soon.
I got JJ in the BB. Early position guy bet $15. Three callers to me. I squeezed to $50. Early position guy shoved. All others folded. What do you do?
At first, I thought my best-case scenario was a flip (AK vs. my AJ). I figured worst-case scenario was I was dominated, with him having either AA, KK or QQ.
Then I remembered he had had pocket aces earlier and his pre-flop raise was $20. Because of that, I figured he didn't have aces or kings and probably not queens either. This made me rethink it and I decided to call. He flipped over pocket 8s and I survived the runout to scoop a huge pot.
Funnily enough, the same scenario repeated itself later in the session. I got JJ in the BB. Middle position guy bets $15, two callers and then I squeeze to $50. First two guys fold and then the last guy says, 'The last time he did this, he had pocket jacks.' He thinks a little more and folds, and I show my cards and tell him, "Good memory."
I got JJ in the BB. Early position guy bet $15. Three callers to me. I squeezed to $50. Early position guy shoved. All others folded. What do you do?
At first, I thought my best-case scenario was a flip (AK vs. my AJ). I figured worst-case scenario was I was dominated, with him having either AA, KK or QQ.
Then I remembered he had had pocket aces earlier and his pre-flop raise was $20. Because of that, I figured he didn't have aces or kings and probably not queens either. This made me rethink it and I decided to call. He flipped over pocket 8s and I survived the runout to scoop a huge pot.
Funnily enough, the same scenario repeated itself later in the session. I got JJ in the BB. Middle position guy bets $15, two callers and then I squeeze to $50. First two guys fold and then the last guy says, 'The last time he did this, he had pocket jacks.' He thinks a little more and folds, and I show my cards and tell him, "Good memory."
