Probably those people that say JJ is a terrible hand, then you will see them play any TT-.. you might need to play kinda aggresively on pre-flop and study the opponents and try to guess if you should face a post flop raise or not.
Erik moraes said:
A lot of people tend to overvalue JJ, thinking it is a premium hand and therefore miss-play it. It is a strong starting hand, but not premium.
I tend to play it much like other middle pocket pairs, like 77 - TT. You cannot get married to the hand, especially when an A or K comes on the flop.
im not so sure if that many people actually said jacks are a terrible hand in the first place. in fact i would say pocket nines or eights are much worse and harder to play than jacks, because lets asume you are playing against 2 players postflop. if an ace, king or queen come on the flop then your odds of winning the hand decrease significantly, however with a medium pair if you dont hit a set then in most cases your hand will lose lots of value.. position is also very important, because its not the same playing the hand at dealer position when you are the last player to act rather than sb when you are the first one to act post flop. with jacks its very important to make a big raise preflop and try to play against 1 or 2 players max, otherwise the odds of winning the hand are going to decrease significantly
because they think its a good hand and they expect to win with it so when they loose its terrible. It's like any other 2 cards. how you play them and whats on the board determine the outcome. I mean if you see a Q K or A on the board. accept the fact that someone else can have a better pair. if not you have a good chance of winning with good bets.