Talk:LHE:Preflop:JJ

Harrington recommends opening bets with JJ at 3-4 BB (as opposed to KK or AA, which he says can open 2x BB or even be slow played, since they can hold up to opposition better). However, when I play JJ that fast, I end up just picking up the blinds or losing to a monster. I'd be interested to know other players' experience.

Additionally, what will you not call with JJ?


 * I haven't been playing NLHE long enough to opine intelligently (which is why I'm starting with LHE articles!), but that's never stopped me before.  If you're only ever picking up the blinds, you might be raising by too much.   However, if you're raising to 3 or 4 x BBl, you'll usually get one or two callers unless your table image is very tight.  That's what happens to me when I don't pick up a hand my first 2 or 3 hours (at B&M) -- people peg me as tight and fold to everything.   AFAIK the remedy to that is to start raising more hands to steal the blinds with suited connectors and such.   Also, you might just be playing in tighter tahn normal games.


 * I'm eager to hear more informed opinions than mine. -- PhilipR 19:34, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I like what you say, and I think you're probably right. I do have a tight image--I guess because I pretty much follow Skalansky's recommendation for starting hands.