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Should You Ever FOLD Pocket JACKS? [Deep Stacked in MTT’s]

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I’m joined by Matt Affleck to analyze this poker hand from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event!

Matt raises preflop with pocket jacks a.k.a jiggities and faces a 3-bet from a loose & splashy opponent! In this video, we’ll go through how to approach your preflop strategy when you are deep stacked early in a tournament, where many people re-raise or go all in way too often, leading to huge losses with pocket jacks.

After calling, and getting to play the pot in position, Matt faces large bets on a scary board and we go through the thought process that allows him to navigate a tricky postflop spot with pocket jacks!

In addition to in-depth poker strategy, Matt will also go through how to approach playing in the prestigious World Series Of Poker Main Event!

Do you go broke too often with pocket jacks or do you find the fold?

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Should You Ever FOLD Pocket JACKS? [Deep Stacked in MTT’s]

10 thoughts on “Should You Ever FOLD Pocket JACKS? [Deep Stacked in MTT’s]”

  1. What would YOU do with J♣ J♥ on the turn?

    Your Stack (HJ): 32,000

    Their Stack (BB): 32,000

    Pot: 16,600

    Board: T♥ 9♣ 5♦ K♣

    BB bets 11,000

    A) Fold

    B) Call

    C) Raise to 32,000 (all-in)

  2. Polarizing sizing—I really don’t expect QQ here at this point. Basically he has AA, TT, QJs, and club combo draws.

    (A), I just fold

  4. Great video again jl I have a q for years many and still today the use of programs and HUD's pros are still using like players are to me its a crutch and weaknesses and for pros using these its sad to me they should all be banned in my eyes what are your thoughts on this tyvm

  5. This addresses a MAJOR QUESTION for me that I hope people will respond to. I watch a LOT of youtube poker videos — very often starring strong players. It's VERY rare to see players fold with what is actually the best hand. My question is: should I be seeing such folds more than I do? Sure, in a simple way, it's a "mistake" to fold when you have the best hand — but because no one can ever play poker "perfectly," mistakes which would never occur if the cards were face up must be expected to occur all the time — BUT THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE with the best hand mistakenly folding. Should players be folding more often that we see top players do in videos? Is this a flaw in modern poker strategy?

  10. Getting kinda scary. I wouldn’t want to bust out day one. I’d probably fold.

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