Pair Of Jacks In Early Position

[kinboshi]

Are we going to get a, "you did xxxx, the flop came xxxx, what do you do now?" follow up?

No, it"s irrelevant.

(it"s not really, but you know what I mean)

[Jon MW]

we"re going to have to have another hand analysis to play with then

[RioRodent]

we"re going to have to have another hand analysis to play with then

No we won"t, he folded!  

[monkeyman]

Its got to be a fold, playing Jacks from early position is asking for trouble. If you chuck a bet in at that stage you"re doing so more in hope than expectation. (a) You have no information to process to suggest you"ve got the best hand. (b) If someone calls or  raises, how do you tell if they are bluffing or strong? Its a far sounder move to play junk with position than to play mediocre hands without.  

[Mikeyboy9361]

Sorry I don"t believe you would fold even from early position surely it worth an information bet at least. This from a man who crashed out in Walsall with Jacks from early position!!!!
In my defence I was short stacked and in  push or fold mode!

[ThinkerJE]

I like the limp in early position and hope to take a cheap flop and try to hit the set.  However if the aggressive button raises I like the re pop to isolate him, your tight image with early limp implies AA or KK and the button would need a big hand to call and you should know where you are post flop and can play accordingly.  If he re pops you, bin them (maybe dwell for a bit first).

[8ballstu]

true if you have tight players around you they would prob re raise if holding strong cards spose its speculate to accumulate lol

[Maxriddles]

JJ in early position in third level, I limp, what happens next depends on who raises, how big their raise is, how much they can hurt me, how big or small my stack is, if no one raises it depends on the flop and who else is in the hand. Limping makes it easier to get rid of if you get action from someone you don"t want involved with or when an ugly flop hits the board.



Although I have limped, hit my jack on the flop and still lost all my chips. Actually I take it all back, fold, fold, fold!!!!