The Worst Strategy You've Overheard at a Table

[Headhunter13]

Typical loose 1/2 NL game. UTG raises to 7. UTG + 1 mucks. 5 of us see the flop. 779 flops. Checked around. Turn 6. Someone bets, and 3 of us fold (including UTG ... the pf raiser). River is 8. Heads up, there is a bet and a raise and the raise is called. Both decide to show their hands. Bettor had Tx for straight, and raiser had 88 for full house on the river.

UTG + 1 who folded pf jumped up and hollered, "THAT'S what I'm talking about. That's why you fold that hand." I asked what he folded and he said, "Jacks." I said, "you folded pocket jacks pf?" He said, "yep, I know the dude who raised, and I put him on AK. I knew I was way behind, so I folded. And I would have lost on the river. Hell, I fold JJ all the time. I've even folded better hands than that preflop."

I was stunned for 5 minutes and just couldn't respond.

--Headhunter