John Juanda
John Juanda is a nickname for a pair of jacks, J-J. The name refers to the professional player John Juanda.
The simple explanation
A player with two jacks can say that he has John Juanda. It is a name taken from a famous player.
A closer look
Pocket jacks is a strong hand but not a safe one. It is good against most hands before the flop, but overcards like an ace or a queen can easily appear on the board. Many players find jacks hard to play for stacks, so they often use pot control. The nickname has no effect on the strength of the hand.
A practical example
A player looks down at J♥ J♦ and says: 'John Juanda!'
Full explanation
John Juanda is a nickname for a pair of jacks, J-J. The name refers to the professional player John Juanda.
John Juanda is a pair of jacks.
The name refers to a well-known professional player.
Pocket jacks is a strong but tricky hand.
It is just a nickname.
John Juanda
No-limit Hold’em · Blinds 1/2 chips · No rake
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
Read the example transcript
Player A has the button (BTN) and posts the 1-chip small blind (SB). Player B posts the 2-chip big blind (BB).
- Preflop · Pot: 3 chips
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
- Player A BTN / SB JJack of hearts (Jh)JJack of diamonds (Jd) · Stack 199 · In this round 1
- Player B BB 1010 of diamonds (Td)33 of clubs (3c) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 8 chips
Player A raises to 6 with a pair of jacks. Players call this hand John Juanda.
- Player A BTN / SB JJack of hearts (Jh)JJack of diamonds (Jd) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB 1010 of diamonds (Td)33 of clubs (3c) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
Cards are shown for learning; totals are displayed before pot collection.