JJ hand, late...

[sofere]

You really think low pair leaves themself open for a cheap flop/reraise here? I could see MAYBE 77-TT, but 22-66, really?

[Scuba Chuck]

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more like triple up

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Damn, can't edit.

[fartin247]

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Maybe I'm missing something, but after a raise and a re-raise all-in, that JJ has officially become garbage.

As if it were much more than garbage before said raise and re-raise.

If you could open the pot, then its got great potential for a double up, but at best you're probably 55/45.

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Uh-hem. You're missing the size of the blinds.

Anyhow, what poses an interesting challenge to me is that the pfr is UTG (which suggests a pretty strong hand, generally) and that he's getting 3.8:1 pot odds to call, and relatively, he has the means to make that kind of call.

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Yeah, I failed to take into account the size of the blinds. Thanks for pointing that out.

Even still, you just got through the blinds, and you've got 2 or 3 more freebies before you're back in. I think you've gotta hope for an A or K in those hands and get yours in first.

Like you, I'm not so much afraid of the all-in reraise as I am of the UTG raise, unless you've got a read on UTG. The best you can hope for in either hand is a lower PP, but you've gotta believe the best you can be against the best of the 2 is 55%.

Does the gap concept not apply in shorthanded/shortstacked play?? I just think pushers are giving JJ way too much credit in this situation.

[pooh74]

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You really think low pair leaves themself open for a cheap flop/reraise here? I could see MAYBE 77-TT, but 22-66, really?

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Some people are dumb. They see a PP and think "I dont know how to play this, but I cant fold it", so they try to open themselves up to the least risk possible.

22-44 less so...but I think you will see hands that OP utterly rips to shreds way more often than anything like QQ-AA.

If I was in 2nd chip position I could pass here...but not having much prize equity to begin with makes this an "easier" decision for me...Guess I shouldnt say its clear cut, but it would be for me.

[andy_fish]

"I just think pushers are giving JJ way too much credit in this situation. "

Given the stack sizes and tourney situation...I don't think there is much of a choice. Triple up here and finish ITM or join another table. Do you think you are going to be able to start stealing like a mad man? Well...every single time you try you have to get though the big stack. Do you think you can wait for a better hand? How many hands can you wait? 3? 6 at the most? It would take remarkable luck...a lot more luck than it would take to win a 3 handed showdown with JJ.

[ZeroPointMachine]

With less than 5BBs and still two players from the bubble I can't see many scenarios where I am folding JJ. This sure ain't one of them.

But I seem to like 5th place.

[sofere]

I was responding to the post saying that UTG probably had 22-99, which I absolutely disagree with. I'd think you'd see Ax make this move more than 22-66.

I originally voted fold cause I hate JJ in a 3-way, but after noticing that you have nearly 3k in chips if you win, I would like to change my answer to push and pray.

[andy_fish]

depends on the tourney buy-in...but in the 33s and 55s I have seen UTG minraise with 22-44 in this situation. Even changing the range to 55-TT it still doesn't change the fact that you need to push.

[Bigwig]

I'm thrilled to get all-in with JJ here, even against two opponents. You've got 4.5BB. There's no time to [censored] around with folding here.

[Heaven]

With those blinds, my stack and CO push with his stack, Im pushin aswell and hoping to triple up [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]