Online it's closer. Not saying a shove is wrong but I'm cert not fist pumping. More sigh shoving
Funny you should say that. Here's how it played out...
Think most would agree calling is bad. So fold or shove time.
When MP1 called after raising first in, my immediate thought was two big cards that weren't AK (cos presumably that's an insta-shove). So, maybe AJ, KQ, something like that. Either way, I'm ahead, so I'll have some of that.
When BTN cold-calls too, I was thinking low or middle pair, or maybe a strongish suited hand that he just can't resist seeing a flop with - A9s, KJs, something like that. Again, I felt I was probably ahead.
I wasn't so much concerned about an overpair, but I was steeling myself for dodging a lot of bullets. I was wrong....
fold, fold, fold, MP1 raises to $3, fold, fold,
BTN calls $3, Hero calls $2.50, BB raises to $17 (AI), MP1 calls $14,
BTN calls $14, Hero raises to $103 (AI), fold,
BTN calls $77.50 (AI)FLOP ($224)
TURN ($224)
RIVER ($224)
BB shows
(Pre 30%, Flop 23.6%, Turn 11.9%)
BTN shows
(Pre 61%, Flop 72.4%, Turn 85.7%)
Hero shows
(Pre 9%, Flop 4.0%, Turn 2.4%)
BTN wins $221
Initially my thought was OMG button you play JJ so bad! However, to give him credit, he took every second available before he made the call, and thinking back on it, the way the hand played out, I've begun to think the way I played the hand screamed middle pair, and it was a good call.
Amusingly MP1 who made the first raise and ultimately folded to my shove then went ballistic in chat, not at me specifically but life in general, about what a bad fold he made. So I presume I either bluffed QQ out the pot, or else he had something like KQ/KJ and would have binked. (Assuming he didn't fold AK!)
So, I'm wondering whether I should be folding TT in this circumstance, or would this hand have played exactly the same if JJ was actually 99. I think it's a marginal one, but it certainly keeps life interesting. I'm interested in how other folk see this scenario. Should my shoving range be narrower?
Incidentally, I don't think these games are *quite* as nitty as some people think. There are some real rocks, but there are some very odd players kicking about. I'll post another hand below as an illustration of that!
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