Message Board : Jack-knife trilogy, final chapter

Title is because I got beat by 3 jacks 3 times in little over an hour. ( that was not a whine, more of an informative boo-hoo).

New player has just sat down 4 hands ago. Don’t remember playing with him but seen him around, plays regularly. He came in short with 33 bb’s ( same way I like to start out). I have 150 bb’s so have him covered. One limper in front of him , he raises to 5bb’s in the cutoff, so fairly wide range. I have AQs in sb. I call. Limper folds.

Flop comes J97. There are 11 bb’s in pot, he bets 5bb(after I checked). Just 2 overcards but his bet seemed like he wanted action or continuation bet hoping to take it with 9’s or T’s maybe. I called to see one card. That was loose. Too loose?

Pot=21bb’s.Turn comes A. I check, he bets 9bb’s.I put him in for his last 15 bb’s. River comes Q but he has pocket J’s. Am I not protecting my stack enough? I usually don’t call with 2 overs, but didn’t know how he played. 3-1 odds and I thought either over would be good and if a T hit I would try and take the pot. Maybe even an 8. After the A came, was I too over the top with top pair 2nd kicker?

I wouldn’t call in the SB with AQ.  I would raise unless you think the villain is very tight.  If he shoves for the 33BB, just get the money in.  You’ll have decent equity against his range given the overlay.

I definitely wouldn’t call a bet oop with overs that missed.