Jacks facing flat preflop, nearing bubble, NL MTT

DailyHandQuiz

Game type: $50 rebuy PokerStars
Stage of tourney: Near money
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: J♣J♥

The setup: You’ve built a very strong stack as this $50 rebuy tournament approaches the money. This hand you get JJ and 2.5x it preflop. A fairly short player flats you from the CO. The rest of the table folds and the flop comes:

7♥6♠3♥

It’s your action. What’s your play?

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Anonymous

ya, Im deff lead calling here. I mean hes gonna show up with alot of heart draws here, and 88 99 sometimes. imo

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Morat

I go for a c/r here.

If I lead here I will take down the pot 80%+ of the time. I’d better check to give V an opportunity to bluff w/ high cards or whatever he has. I don’t really mind the draws out there – if V’s on a draw he’ll semi-bluff almost always, actually that’s what I want him to do.
If V bets it either will be a shove, or I can at least hope that he’ll commit himself.

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Waste_Of_Paint

Can we have a new quiz? Sure this one was on only a couple of weeks ago!

I’d lead here for about half the pot. We’re out of position on a draw-heavy board of unders against an opponent we have no information on, so we need to find out where we stand, and it would be foolish to risk a free card coming off.

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Groundhog day

Lead. If you had ak and would cbet you need to be consistent so as not to telegraph your strength.

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Loki

You have a “fairly aggressive image.” Make it 6500 to go and call any raise. Short stack could easily think you are c-betting with air and play back at you with AK, AQ etc or even 22.
No point in raising pf and c-betting previous hands if you aren’t going to do it when you have a good hand.
Check here and what card do you want to see if V checks behind? A? K? Q? heart? 5? Get it in now.

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Pirate21

Exactly the board we wanted. Lead for around half the pot and call V’s shove.

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Muck_Miser

Not wanting to see an over card on the turn or river, or a flush I would bet slightly under what is in the pot….. If he shoves, I would call, but reluctantly since we have to read here

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samo

I’m leading for $6k.

Hero is agg vs. a villain with no read. There is plenty of spacing between JJ and the top pr on board. Give the v a chance to think we are c-betting light. Total risk to stack is 25% (17/68), so unless another heart turns, hero’s stack will likely go in the middle. 10-10, 9-9, and 8-8 will pop it. Let our image reap max dividends when we have a hand. If we run into QQ+, still have a nice stack to play on with.

Without a read on the v, not sure what benefit checking will bring. There is also the wet board to deal with, so free cards could be harmful. If drawing, make them pay.

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Tipz

Of course you would bet this. You should bet around half the pot. If you bet close to full pot, the villain will know you have a high pp, so he will simply fold. If you check-raise, you are also suggesting a high pair. Your goal is to get all his chips in the middle — regardless of what you think he might be holding.

You want to bet and make it look like an AK continuation bet (which would probably be around 4500). The villain will either call or go all-in. Without a doubt, you have to shove your chips in the middle if the villain comes over the top.

If you do not get the villains chips in the middle, you failed at setting the trap!

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