In this case it is. Pre flop, it's still a coin flip. So he put himself into a position to see the whole board instead of checking on the flop and being forced to fold on the turn if no jack came off. He wasn't that big of an underdog.
And I think I didn't make myself clear. I ment to say: 'thats always a good thing with pocket pairs.' He wanted to see if he was ahead with that continuation bet, something a beginning poker player would do. But those with some experience would take into the fact of chip stacks, previous hands, and previous out comes. Basically your reads on the opponent and the stack size compared to the blinds. |