Was This Just Too Weak??
 

1/2 No Limit Cash Game. Live game setting in a BM Casino. Min$100 buy-in Max.$300

Hero just sat down at table with max buy-in of $300 which is roughly 15% of live cash game bankroll. ($2000)

Very 1st hand Hero gets JJ in MP.
UTG + 1 who has Hero covered (roughly $700 in chips) moves all-in preflop.
No reads, never played with this guy before, and it is the very 1st hand
My first thought was 66-TT's or AK, then thoughts of QQ or KK crept in.
I seriously had no reads on this guy other then the fact that he had doubled his chip stack in his time at the table.

I had not put any money in the pot and Hero figured it was not the best time to tangle with a guy who could bust me. I had suffered 2 previous losing sessions prior and I was just not looking to start in a -$300 dollars right of the bat.

Was this play excessively weak? Should have I taken a chance to double trough on my very 1st hand?

Re: Was This Just Too Weak??
 

no, good fold

Re: Was This Just Too Weak??
 

First hand with no read im a folding.

I might call if I knew there to be some very weak players at the table with $600+ stacks. However your bankroll is probably a little light for this type of variance.

Re: Was This Just Too Weak??
 

-Buying in for 15% of your bankroll is not a good idea.
-Considering this is a 1/2 game, the only hand I'm calling a $700 all in preflop with is aces, barring any reads.

Re: Was This Just Too Weak??
 

Normally i don't play that high % of my bankroll, normally I try to play about 5%. But two losing sessions totaling -$500 caused me to question that strategy, and I began thinking I need to buy-in for the max next time, in order to get more respect of my raises.