Pocket J's layed down but whould have won

Originally Posted by Imthenewfish

How can you make these general statements without reads??

Hero has a 31bb stack. If he's not going to get it in with a pair of Jacks here, I don't know what he's waiting for. Without reads, I'd take fairly standard lines until I know enough to exploit villain's tendencies. Here, the standard play imo is to 3bet pre and hope to get it in on the flop.