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Old 13th May 2008, 05:48 PM
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i was playin in a tourney last weekend and was dealt jj with 4 people in the game im SB well im playing with very tight players and the girl after big blind makes a raise of 6x the big blind and the next guy pushes all in i figured that one of them had aces so i folded bb folds the intial raise calls and the turn over 10 10 and a 10 flop come a j 8 2 7 im sick that i folded so i was just wonderin what would you have done im my position?
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Theres no reason to think that one of them has aces specifically. Very hard to answer this question without: 1. Stack sizes or 2. Reads on the players

Oh and the flop is irrelevant to the decision
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Most good players won't go all in with Jacks with so many people in the pot, and with all the action being ahead of them, so I don't think folding here was necessarily a bad choice on your part. Like irish said, it all depends on the reads you have on the other players, and their hand ranges. One thing you can't do is second guess your decision after you see the flop. We've all laid down good hands before, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it will always hit...especially JJ...JJ is a dangerous hand IMO. Just shake this one off and chalk it up to history.
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You said there was 4 people left, unless this was a 6 seat tourney it was the final 4 (if 6 seat, then could be down to final 8 on two tables). Regardless, JJ in the small blind with 4 players, tight or not is a hard fold. Yes there was a raise and a re-raise, but that is what the play is supposed to be 4 way, A9 or worse could be pushing here, you have the 4-5th best starting hand. Like stated before, chip stacks, payoffs and other factors should be taken into consideration, but I do not see myself folding JJ here with 4 players remaining.

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just fold
you only lost the sb and someone is probably going out before you
closer to the cash baby
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