50NL - How\'s my line with JJ?
 

I had been playing rather aggressively, but getting out with big betting unless showing down the winner. Of course, who knows who's paying attention to such things. I have no reads.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Our Plucky Hero: $77.95
UTG+1: $58.45
MP1: $49.60
MP2: $44.80
MP3: $69
CO: $49.25
Button: $49.25
SB: $49.50
BB: $13.25

Pre-flop: (9 players) Our Plucky Hero is UTG with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
<font color="#cc0000">Our Plucky Hero raises to $1.75</font>, 5 folds, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($4.25, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Our Plucky Hero bets $2.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises to $7</font>, Our Plucky Hero calls.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($18.25, 2 players)
Our Plucky Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets $12</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Our Plucky Hero raises to $40</font>...

This puts villain all-in by a few bucks. I figure if I'm coming this far I'm planning on calling the last $24 on the river, so this may get some better hands to fold. Good thinking? Fold long ago?

Re: 50NL - How\'s my line with JJ?
 

PF raise is too small, bet at least 4BB. On the flop, I would ve made a bigger CB (about pot size). When villain raises it gets tricky, what kind of hand could he be raising with? 99,TT or maybe a set. Question is: are you willing to play for your whole stack (or buttons stack to be correct)? I wouldn't like to. I threebet on the flop and fold to a shove.

Re: 50NL - How\'s my line with JJ?
 

I would usually call flop and fold turn. People are often much trickier on the flop than on the later streets. When he bets turn knowing you called, I don't think he is bluffing or value betting a worse hand. It's very possible he has a set or even a slowplayed overpair.

Re: 50NL - How\'s my line with JJ?
 

I like it, a lot. Alex, 3betting flop and folding to a shove is burning money. This comes up in like every thread. You 3bet you're allin.

Re: 50NL - How\'s my line with JJ?
 

you won't get any better hands to fold

it's purely whether you think you beat the villain's range here and the best way to extract when ahead v limit while behind