HOW To Play POCKET JACKS By Alex Fitzgerald! 

B) Think I'm gonna play bluff catcher and call down all the way. No raise, would only get action from sets and straights.

B call

What is villain's range? He elected not to squeeze preflop, so we can discount or eliminate QQ+, although vs a tight UTG raise he may not have a 3-betting range. But we will discount those. For value he can have 97s, 88,66,55, and occasionally some AA. He might raise TT or 99 for protection. For bluffs, he may elect to turn a hand such as 44, 76, or 87 into a bluff, hoping to make us fold a weaker over-pair on the turn. Or he could have complete air such as ace-jack. Since we beat some of the worst hands he could raise for value, and we beat all the bluffs, I think we should continue here unless we have a specific read that this guy isn't going to raise one-pair holdings after the flop. However, I will probably X/F to some big turn bets or bad turns. ...oh, I didn't see the stack size. Never mind, fold.

I can't see myself in this spot in the first place. I would have deincentivized a wide button call behind me by 3betting pre flop (to drive out the button and the blinds) to play the hand post flop heads up in position. I'm not interested in playing the hand this passively and encouraging the players to act behind me to enter to pot and play the pot multiway. But... If I did call pre flop, (and know that I am going to bet/fold my overpair to a raise), then I'm not betting my hand. But... If am betting my hand, I'm not betting 1/2 pot. It's either a larger size to better define their hands (making a fold to a raise much clearer), or I'm betting smaller because the burden of defense is spread between multiple players and will elicit the same response as a 1/2 pot bet. This would allow me the option to continue when faced with a raise, from the button or a check raise from anyone else in the hand. *Betting after the pre flop aggressor checks the flop opens you up for attack. Betting 1/2 pot leaves you vulnerable as a field bettor. But... If I did bet (smaller or larger than 1/2 pot, but not this "no man's land" sizing) and get called, I plan to size up on the turn on good cards. As played, having to fold an overpair on a flop texture that is full of draws/pairs + draws was a terrible situation to be putting himself in to begin with.

Fold, not only because I watched the video, but because the BTN's check-raise range here is really polar and no decent player is going to want to bet their best bluffs here into multiple players. So at the bare minimum I'd want a hand that at least can make the nuts, so any continues I have here would have to have a 7 or maybe a 9. The overpairs don't really make great continues here because they can't necessarily improve, and TT-JJ are especially bad because even if the villain has a weird bluff like Qh7h they can still have outs to beat us. I think flatting or 3-betting pre are probably both ok, with early position raisers I'd be way more inclined to call JJ here simply because if we 3-bet here and get 4-bet jammed we probably are getting the right price to call but it's pretty marginal.

Awesome, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :) AA is my favorite ;)

For me the best part of his quizzes is how decisive he always is. He's never really wishy washy, even when he says there's an alternative option, it's like "ya, I guess doing this is OK but really you should do this instead." Always insightful, straight to the point and very clear with the messages he's sending.

you love TJs

We got it Jonathan, release the second parts! :)

where's the parts?

Glad I could help!

he's got 2 books, both came out fairly close in time.

I appreciate that!

Glad you liked it :)

Glad you enjoyed it!

You're welcome!

Thanks, Dean!

This hit home a little too hard. The other day I was in a tournament approaching the bubble and I had Jacks. Everything big blind did screamed that they could have aces... But I couldn't let go of my overs I will remember this lesson next time.

It depends on the board. Just because you have the best hand currently, doesn't mean that your range isn't "capped". If its a board that you'd bet with Aces or Kings etc or maybe a draw that could complete, you lose those hands from your range. Therefore on the river, the opponent might be able to make a better decision due to ruling certain hands out depending on the runout.

I pretty much agree. If you have any sort of balanced checking range at all… you shouldn’t be completely “capped”, you can still have at least a handfull of value hands. Sets of Kings and Tens, AK of Spades, maybe AK off with the Ace of Spades, or AA with the Ace of Spades… Thats the whole reason to be balanced. So when we check Jacks on a King high board, our opponents can’t just automatically put you on QQ or JJ and always be right.

Whats the idea of cold calling with the 4th best hand from the CO" Wouldn't it be substantially better to utilize our position & aggression more frequently and isolate then not? Feels like we are laying a red carpet for the Button and Blinds to either tag along with their widowmakers or perhaps a Squeeze! PRECARIOUS BALANCE I SUPPOSE!

Me too!

Didn't look at stack sizes. The 10K raise is likely pot committing you. Don't know if I would call based on looking at stack sizes....

Agreed!

Very kind of you to say so! 🙏