When to fold Jacks?

[CreamSoda]

JJ scares me to death. I think I have lost more on those than win. Everytime I think about my pocket JJ's I have flashbacks to the last time I had them. Good fold for me usually.

Youve probably lost more with them because youre scared of them!

In this particular hand I think OP made his own life very difficult by playing so passivly. The villian would be an idiot not to bluff that turn, but hes easily trapping.

Best way to play it against an amateur player imo is to simply bet the flop and fold to c/r or turn bet.

I really think even thinking about calling turn is very very bad. He obv could be bluffing, but all your doing is giving him chance to bluff you out of more chips on river.

Bonus tip: make your preflop raises smaller, 3.5x is never good. Open shove is much more profitable (for real) but I like 2.5x the best.