You have a new PM! Click here here to read it!

Go Back   Poker Forum Canada > Poker Forum > Poker Strategy > Ask The Poker Pro - Archive: Read only

Ask The Poker Pro - Archive: Read only Ask questions to Online Poker pro, Jerry "Herschelw" Watterson on anything related to online poker and poker strategy. This section is brought to you by PokerPwnage.com.



Register Now!
 
 
Thread Tools
Old Jun 18,2010, 07:55 PM   #1
Official pilot of CPF
 
JohnnieH's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: New Hamburg
Posts: 7,400
Visit JohnnieH's Twitter
King-F$*(ING JACK

Anybody who has spent 10 consecutive seconds in my presence will know that King-Jack has always, always been my "anti" hand (aka opposite if lucky/favourite hand) and I've never really understood how it should be properly played.

I've always:
-folded in early position
-called in mid position
-raised in late position

...and it's never seemed to work out.

Can anybody give me some better advice?
__________________
KEEP THE SAME VENUE FOR THE ROYAL CUP!
JohnnieH is offline  
Old Jun 18,2010, 08:03 PM   #2
Tilting for 5 years!!
 
STR82ACE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Brampton
Posts: 7,665

PFC Tournament Wins
Single Win Award 
Total Awards: 1

Yea.

Play JJ
__________________
The man who invented poker was bright.
But the man who invented the poker chip was a genius!!
STR82ACE is offline  
Old Jun 18,2010, 08:03 PM   #3
Inhumano Forboon!
 
darbday's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: BC
Posts: 5,609

PFC Tournament Wins
5 Wins Single Win Award Single Win Award 
Total Awards: 3

Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnieH View Post
Anybody who has spent 10 consecutive seconds in my presence will know that King-Jack has always, always been my "anti" hand (aka opposite if lucky/favourite hand) and I've never really understood how it should be properly played.

I've always:
-folded in early position
-called in mid position
-raised in late position

...and it's never seemed to work out.

Can anybody give me some better advice?
ive read many times kj is the rookie hand that many rookies trap themselves with. i rarely play it unless its a suited steal or im shoving for edge.
darbday is offline  
Old Jun 18,2010, 08:18 PM   #4
Mr. Wonderful
 
philliivey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,299
Fold
__________________
Always did the right thing and it feels good.
philliivey is offline  
Old Jun 19,2010, 04:30 AM   #5
Full PFC Member
 
Richard~'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,662
This and especially KQ are easy to play imo, either you flop air and don't go crazy or you flop like top pair good kicker, or one over and a straightdraw, or two overs and a flushdraw. The made hands you can usually pot control effectively and be good at showdown for a small do medium pot and the other hands kinda play themselves and offer some good semibluffing oppertunities

That's just my two cents though, I like these hands in tournaments because their playability is greater than that of A7s
Richard~ is online now  
Old Jun 20,2010, 08:41 AM   #6
Full PFC Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 182
When I play KJ I am generally playing with position, with a raise. If I hit a pair, it goes with pot control from there, evaluating each next card.

Generally, when playing KJ, you just want to steal and move on. If you are called you rarely have the best hand unless 910 or j10 call. As for board texture, I treat it like 78s, playing for straights and good flushes, not pairs when there is any resistance.
HammerDad is offline  
 

Thread Tools


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
GG Jack Lalane HVEEPOKER Off Topic Lounge 6 Mar 28,2011 06:12 AM
Ellix Powers- Jack High? Irah General Poker Chat 3 Apr 28,2006 11:35 AM

 
Top Sites
Winner Poker

250% up to $2,000
Bonus Code: Canada
 
PokerStars

$600 FREE
Marketing Code: PSA8177
 
Party Poker

100% up to $500 FREE
Bonus Code: CANADA2012
 

Poker Stars



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:44 AM.

Poker Forum Canada offers bonuses for many online poker sites. Party Poker Bonus Code is the best Canadian poker bonus with  Titan Poker Bonus Code being the second best and last but not least is PokerStars Marketing Code. Clearing the full bonus on each site will add a total of $1,700 in bonus cash to your online bankroll.

Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
LinkBacks Enabled by vBSEO 3.6.0 © 2011, Crawlability, Inc.