thing is, I knew this outcome of the hand, but still maintained my position as to have claimed differently would just be results oriented.
I still say calling is the +EV option.... OK, this time the big stack happened to have something near the top end of his range, but his range is substantially wide enough that JJ is generally in good shape.... and given the other action, he may also be short of overcard outs. The range and holding of the short stacks are irrelevant, other than the fact that they could be taking outs away from the big stack.
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Not sure I agree with this^^^
My take would be that it is fair to assume the general table consensus is that the initial limper is "a decent player" (as was the opinion of the op). I would therefore be inclinded to think that the majority of the table put the initial limpers range as "probably a monster, but at the very least committed to a "gamble".
This is then followed by a push all-in.
After this action, I don"t think the big stack would be attempting to isolate... I would have to think that the big stack has woken up with a monster (of which qq and AK are the very bottom of his range)
JJ is now a small to middling pair and a very quick pass for me