Two chances to play JJ in the same hand.. Discuss Two chances to play JJ in the same hand., on ChipTalk.net the place to go for your Poker chips and gambling tips. Read it in Poker Strategy General.
Its an 870 player NLHE live event. You are well into the tournament with a healthy stack…definitely well above average but not a monster stack.
You are UG and limp with JJ. In late position, a short stack (<1/5 of your chips) goes all-in. The SB has a large stack and goes all in. BB with a very large stack folds. You have the SB covered, but not by much. What do you do?
Before you can make your decision, the two players expose their cards. Short stack holds KQ and the SB holds AK. What do you do?
After the cards were exposed, has the situation changed enough that you change your action? There is no over pair, but there are now additional over cards that beat you. Considering pot odds and even if you are playing to accumulate chips and win, do you put your money in now or fold?
I was the SB and made the mistake of forgetting about the UG limper. UG calls my all-in. I hit my Ace on the flop and take down the pot. It turned out good for me that he called, but I know it could have gone the other way.
Against 2 players this is a much different situation than HU -- you're probably < 43% to win. One player is dominated so that's a little better than 4 live cards against you, but even so -- I think I fold here since we don't have much in the pot.
About 60% of the time you are going to get knocked out, and about 40% of the time you are going to triple up. This is a +EV call, but only the equity is only about a fifth of your stack.
Two things to note. 1) you are going to have plenty of time at these blind levels to pick up chips if you lay your JJ down. The only way I am calling is if the structure is horrendous and the blinds are doubling every 5 minutes (live that is about 2-3 hands) AND this is a satellite meaning that I could coast into winning a seat with that very large stack. That isn't happening too often.
2) if players are making unnecessary all-in moves with KQ then you probably are a significant favorite over many of the players and should wait for hands where you have an even greater edge (ie wait for a chance to make plays after the flop).
As you have describe the action, fold because limping in didn't cost much. But that would not have happen with me because I would be the first to go all in. Sigh, maybe not the best way to play because it seens pocket J's have bust me out more than any other hand.
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