PokerNews · Aug 3, 2022
Should You Ever Fold Pocket Jacks in the WSOP Main Event?
Matt AffleckIn this strategy column for PokerNews, Matt Affleck and I analyze a hand that he played on Day 1d of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.
In the hand in question, Matt raised preflop with pocket jacks (a.k.a jiggities) and faced a three-bet from a loose and splashy opponent. We'll go through how to approach your preflop strategy when you are deep stacked early in a tournament, where many people reraise or go all in way too often, leading to huge losses with pocket jacks.
The hand kicked off with a standard raise to 1,000 from Matt in the hijack holding with blinds of 200/400. The action folded to the big blind, who put in a three-bet to 3,500.
The Hand