ringworm
Rock Star
Silver Level
JJ is a tricky hand. You have to really figure out where you're at with your opponent/s and any QKA on the flop gets really hard to know if you're still ahead in the hand. Basically, you're trying to hit a set or avoid overcards on the board.
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monsieuradl
Rising Star
Bronze Level
JJ
I think that it is a good hand, but you should know how to play it. You should bet hard before the flop, but after the flop you may have some difficult decisions...
dallam
Legend
Bronze Level
I think there's not a huge risk playing with JJ, we are talking about a strong hand. Once an ace, king or queen appeared which will be common you just have to be able to push & fold in the right time.
I think from pocket tens to pocket deuces are most likely favours us in blind stealing and in a very-needed double-up.
So pocket pairs probably have their own mission, and if once they improved, really hard to stop them.
I think from pocket tens to pocket deuces are most likely favours us in blind stealing and in a very-needed double-up.
So pocket pairs probably have their own mission, and if once they improved, really hard to stop them.
Pokerstudy
Legend
Bronze Level
Perspective
It all depends on position, stack sizes, who your playing with etc etc but here is a general guideline.
I love this deck of cards (Pre-flop) , I like to use them to review waiting on other things in general for pre-flop.
Well didn’t come out well in photo, but it reads number of players - raise (green) - call (yellow)-fold (Red) / Again just a guideline
2=77
3=62
4=50
6=34
8=25
10=20
It all depends on position, stack sizes, who your playing with etc etc but here is a general guideline.
I love this deck of cards (Pre-flop) , I like to use them to review waiting on other things in general for pre-flop.
Well didn’t come out well in photo, but it reads number of players - raise (green) - call (yellow)-fold (Red) / Again just a guideline
2=77
3=62
4=50
6=34
8=25
10=20
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Zeke67
Rock Star
Silver Level
JJ is a good strong hand. It is very vulnerable however. It’s not the type of holding you should put your entire stack at risk. You have to be able to lay down nice hands sometimes. Knowing when to lay down a big hand is just as valuable as making that hero call! It takes everything going your way to win a tournament!
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TuesdayBlue
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I've seen JJ beat QQ and KK often on 888poker, but Aces all most always hold, however, your gonna probably be called by AK or AQ and end up losing. Also they seem to often lose to lower level pairs for some strange reason.....I still date them though
Good Man
Rock Star
Silver Level
JJ in tournaments
The strategy for drawing pocket jacks in tournaments differs from cash games. In tournaments, with the exception of the early stage, I usually play with a short stack. This means that the power of JJ increases.
With a stack of 10-25 BB, I am ready to go all-in even before the flop, unless I had several raises-reraises in front of me at once. Playing this pre-flop hand aggressively will allow you to collect "dead money" without a fight and avoid the problems that are sure to arise when entering the flop call.
Pocket jacks are strong, but also difficult to draw hands. With it, I try not to break up the Bank. If I don't get a set on a post-flop with an overcard, I play carefully and am ready to fold in response to a big raise.
Life is a game , play beautiful
The strategy for drawing pocket jacks in tournaments differs from cash games. In tournaments, with the exception of the early stage, I usually play with a short stack. This means that the power of JJ increases.
With a stack of 10-25 BB, I am ready to go all-in even before the flop, unless I had several raises-reraises in front of me at once. Playing this pre-flop hand aggressively will allow you to collect "dead money" without a fight and avoid the problems that are sure to arise when entering the flop call.
Pocket jacks are strong, but also difficult to draw hands. With it, I try not to break up the Bank. If I don't get a set on a post-flop with an overcard, I play carefully and am ready to fold in response to a big raise.
Life is a game , play beautiful
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StreetPhd
Rock Star
Silver Level
I feel this exact same way in a cash game...makes sense in a tournament only if I am at a final table or very deep otherwise I play it like a small pair.
antonis32123
Legend
Loyaler
Preflop it has some value , postflop it losses alot , also it might leadyou n catastrophic for your stack results vs QQ , KK , AA in a flopwith low cards , also on the turn and river it might lose a lot of oits value from overcards , you see JJ you think it's a strong hand , but it might hook you forgood in complex situations , at least me , looooll For me it's good to shove it for 15 blinds ip , it pays me , other situations it troubles me , lol
For me it's good to shove it for 15 blinds ip , it pays me , other situations it troubles me , lol
SightUnseen
Rock Star
Silver Level
I thoroughly enjoy being dealt Jacks. Just accept the hands you're dealt and play them accordingly. Jacks to some people are like black cats, meaning bad luck or unlucky. To me it's just another pair. You should be playing all value hands for value until told otherwise. Jacks is just like any other you're dealt it has a chance of losing against any two cards, but isn't that poker. Just play each hand to the best of your ability and leave the rest to the poker gods. Some days you run good, others you run bad. Variance will even out long term if you're making good decisions.
pljosko
Rock Star
Silver Level
The way of playing such a hand is much more conditioned by our position in the tournament, sitting place, number of participants in the hand, etc., than when we have AA or KK, but we certainly perform from a much stronger position than when we have a lower pair.
After the flop, we often have to make a difficult decision.
I wouldn't mind having pocket jacks on each hand, although they are very complicated for quality play.
After the flop, we often have to make a difficult decision.
I wouldn't mind having pocket jacks on each hand, although they are very complicated for quality play.