Quote Originally Posted by rivercrest13
What about checking the flop to feel him out? If he bets weakly and you feel like you've got him beat, check/raise. If he bets it hard, fold. I've seen too many people on Party think that there AK is the best hand after a raggy flop to just toss JJ to any show of strength. I beat AK the other day with TT in early position the other day after check/raising a seven-high flop. Of course, he only called, which gave me the confidence to bet it out on the turn. He called all the way and I ended up taking a big pot. Of course, if any over had come, I would've given it up.
Theory of Poker disagrees with that play. It states that a pair of jacks is too vulnerable to overcards to check it and risk giving up a free card. You'd have to be pretty confident that somebody will bet if you check in order for a check here (with the intention of raising) to be +EV IMO. There's too many passive post-flop players on Party Poker for me to check my JJ here.