Quote Originally Posted by kmind View Post
You're acting like JJ isn't good enough as a call against the big stack's range. I would rethink that. Also, add in the shortie who if he calls we'll most likely be happy to get it in postflop.

It's not for set value and it's not a fold = call because it plays well vs. their ranges.
I'm not sure JJ does play well against his range. 4 hands is not enough info for me to decide he can do this wider than AK+ QQ+. I approach this spot with caution, put him on an uber-tight range and play for set value. I've got no problem calling JJ to a 3bet this size if I think it plays well against villain's range, but I need more than four hands to give a wide enough range to consider it better than a set mining hand.