Confused JJ

[Douglas Leslie]

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Just cap preflop. Reads?

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Can I ask why you would cap JJ preflop? In the absence of reads to the contrary, the normal range for a three bet of an early position raise is AK, AQs, AA, KK, QQ, JJ, 1010. Obviously it is different if you know that your opponent will three bet medium or even small pairs, but why assume that he will? Assuming that villain only overcalls with the hands recommended in SSHE, the only hand that you are beating is 1010 and you are in an even money race against the big overcard hands. You are less than an even money proposition, so why cap against one opponent? Are we seriously to think that he is going to throw away QQ if a ragged flop comes because he is crediting you with AA or KK after a pre-flop cap? If an ace comes on the flop, he is surely less likely to credit you with AK than if you didn't cap, so he is more likely to call down with KK or QQ (which I think he should do anyway whether you cap or not). I would be interested to know the rationale behind capping. What other hands do you cap with?