tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post5186395127859487087..comments2023-06-28T16:12:20.204+07:00Comments on BlackRain79 - Elite Poker Strategy: How to Play Pocket Jacks: It Might Surprise YouBlackRain79http://www.blogger.com/profile/13583442498190608166noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-68376959790216556662019-05-21T19:43:53.954+07:002019-05-21T19:43:53.954+07:00One little nit picky point (sorry!). "In fact...One little nit picky point (sorry!). "In fact, there will be an overcard on the flop 57% of the time when you have pocket jacks." while technically correct, this is a little misleading since this includes flopping bottom/middle set and quads with A, K or Q kicker. Flops with overcard that you don't hit is more like 52%Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01503148772817134776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-35780309970885325232019-05-21T12:54:19.060+07:002019-05-21T12:54:19.060+07:00Haha thanks for the support Morgan!Haha thanks for the support Morgan!BlackRain79https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583442498190608166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-21747186909667038382019-05-20T07:12:27.819+07:002019-05-20T07:12:27.819+07:00I suppose it does work, Nathan. But speaking for m...I suppose it does work, Nathan. But speaking for myself and (I suppose) others who regularly follow your content, I'd read your columns if you said "No Doubt You'll Be Bored But Read Anyway!"Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957087543515626706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-44711751011265117092019-05-18T03:01:02.572+07:002019-05-18T03:01:02.572+07:00I think Nathan says 3x if its online.If its live,a...I think Nathan says 3x if its online.If its live,adjust.Jimmy Greecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629113363159073584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-74290427881641608882019-05-16T23:17:00.383+07:002019-05-16T23:17:00.383+07:00My thoughts exactly "Don't Tap". I t...My thoughts exactly "Don't Tap". I think the 3x bet is probably a general rule or guideline. Many tables i've dealt with would require a 4x or 5x to narrow the field to 3 or 2. However, in other tables you may not get any callets if over a 3x bet. I also feel that when i go 5x or larger opponents read my hand as j's, 10's or 9's and will come in with two over cards.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473825855265833433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-4253890535398663792019-05-16T15:59:44.066+07:002019-05-16T15:59:44.066+07:00Now you say raise to 6 in a 1-2 game but in most i...Now you say raise to 6 in a 1-2 game but in most if not all of the games I play here in Vegas that invites a minimum of 3-4 callers. Would it not be better to forget the 3x or 4x and raise it to what in the particular game I'm playing in will narrow the field to just a caller or two?Don't Tap the Fishbowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423006801706066463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-71848844399507484612019-05-16T11:18:24.180+07:002019-05-16T11:18:24.180+07:00True but even QQ will face overcards on the flop n...True but even QQ will face overcards on the flop nearly half the time. If a fish called you with K8, and flop comes K52 rainbow, QQ and JJ are in equally bad shape. Lars Kyhnau Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407178631383799249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-37631298708346548632019-05-16T09:15:11.679+07:002019-05-16T09:15:11.679+07:00Hi Dexta,
Here's my take on so called "c...Hi Dexta,<br /><br />Here's my take on so called "clickbait."<br /><br />As a content creator, I am competing with many other content creators to get people to read my poker articles or watch my poker videos on YouTube.<br /><br />People can keep complaining about so called "clickbait" all they want. But the reason why content creators keep doing it is very simple.<br /><BlackRain79https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583442498190608166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-68956394630327868262019-05-16T09:10:28.670+07:002019-05-16T09:10:28.670+07:00Glad this article helped TKo. Those rivers can be ...Glad this article helped TKo. Those rivers can be brutal sometimes!BlackRain79https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583442498190608166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-86974152021712884552019-05-16T09:09:48.109+07:002019-05-16T09:09:48.109+07:00Thanks Morgan, glad this article helped!Thanks Morgan, glad this article helped!BlackRain79https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583442498190608166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-28708443521649469782019-05-16T00:19:12.932+07:002019-05-16T00:19:12.932+07:00dont feel obliged to clickbait"might shock yo...dont feel obliged to clickbait"might shock you" nathan..its ok the normal waydexta dapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851768591505911304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-39539617441123666512019-05-16T00:04:13.839+07:002019-05-16T00:04:13.839+07:00I've heard Norman Chad say more than once that...I've heard Norman Chad say more than once that "Pocket jacks are unplayable", just because of the risk of being outflopped. But usually the problem is that the player with JJ has been passive preflop. So I really like your advice of preflop aggression. If you are consistent with that strategy on other holdings it will serve you well by and large.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957087543515626706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-17110524595003369052019-05-15T23:23:48.690+07:002019-05-15T23:23:48.690+07:00That .35 bet on the flop was actually a value bet ...That .35 bet on the flop was actually a value bet designed to keep hero in, maybe get a little more money out of him. A check would lose him the .35 unless hero bet. His thinking might have been that if he had bet more, hero would have folded. But once hero committed to the 35, villain felt free to suck even more money into the pot by reraising. This would indicate that villain had either a Qzwrdlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321713115574576411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-38614064210691408372019-05-15T22:53:12.372+07:002019-05-15T22:53:12.372+07:00Actually JJ and QQ are a lot different. they both ...Actually JJ and QQ are a lot different. they both got crush by KK/AA, but JJ has way many 2 overcards combo compared to QQ. there are 48 combos of AK/AQ/KQ of 2 overs for JJ, but only 16 combos of AK for QQflickvnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02535294161902028496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-62460265327108361682019-05-15T19:44:20.078+07:002019-05-15T19:44:20.078+07:00I lose a $1K pot with JJ, when a case J lands on t...I lose a $1K pot with JJ, when a case J lands on the river to give one villain a straight. I swore off JJ, because that pot really hurt. So this article is very appropriately and eerily well timed...thanks.Win.by.TKohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288979124021403454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-77378782570910380212019-05-15T16:21:50.141+07:002019-05-15T16:21:50.141+07:00Good points Lars. I think JJ is definitely a more ...Good points Lars. I think JJ is definitely a more tricky hand to play because you can't always play for stacks preflop and it's more difficult to know where you are at sometimes after the flop.BlackRain79https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583442498190608166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503203097950401361.post-10361564940344395592019-05-14T16:12:02.140+07:002019-05-14T16:12:02.140+07:00JJ and QQ are pretty similar hands, except that yo...JJ and QQ are pretty similar hands, except that you can throw in a few more 3-bets and 4-bets with QQ. Other than the situations mentioned I will also not auto stack off JJ, if a nitty player put in a 3-bet and continue to barrel off after the flop on a low board like T, 8, 5, 5, 2. I have seen their aces or kings at showdown often enough, that I dont need to pay an entire stack just to see, thatLars Kyhnau Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407178631383799249noreply@blogger.com