The first thing that sticks out to me is that he's a cash game regular at the 2-5 level. In my opinion, this opens his range up a bit because he's use to be able to gamble a bit more and reload. I could be wrong in that he changes his strategy for tourneys, but I think most live players tend to play their game without regards to tourney/cash.

Given that he has 3bet OOP, it could indicate that he is strong. However, with the limper it could appear that you're trying to isolate a smaller stack and he's 3betting hoping to take the dead money from the limp and your perhapes weakish raise. He could be doing that as weak as a small pp, suited connectors, or kq/kj suited.

Taking that he may not consider isolation out, but remembering he's a cash game reg and just 3bet not long ago- I would say his range is somewhere in the 99+, AJ suited+, AQ off+. He could even be the type of player who is willing to gamble it up some because he can always bust and go to his normal cash game. In that case I would include 77+ and KQ suited.

Given that there is 3050 in the pot, only 1350 more for you to call, that you'd still have 20 BB behind and position in the hand, I would probably just call here and evaluate on the flop. I would assume that he's c-betting almost 100% the time, so bet sizing and board texture would come into play on what you decide to do next.

Given the fast structure, I'm sure some people will tell you to stuff it in. Given that it's an older live player, I'm sure some people will tell you to fold 🙂

No need to 4b here as you'll have position and have the opportunity to get chips in the pot on later streets. I think flatting here is the best option because you'll have an opportunity to re-eval the flop and get paid well if you hit BINGO. If we look at all other options we'll notice that this is the best option…

Fold: Never folding JJ in position with the stack sizes and player reads, unless he open jams then we have a very tough decision

Raising (4-betting): We could 4b but by doing so we could make weaker hands fold out in this spot and thereby not maximizing the value of our hand; we could 4b right into a monster and get ourself committed to something we didn't necessarily have to do; we have position so we'll have the option to get money in at anytime after witnessing the board and the OOP's action.

Calling: We can comfortably play JJ hu, we hold position throughout, we're fairly confident that he is going to CB 100% and only re-raise with his premium hands; we have the option to float should he try to get cute and check a huge hand back at us & possibly allow you to catch up should the flop not be favorable.

IMO, thinking about all your options/position/stack sizes/table image and choosing the one that enables us to maximize our edge is most certainly the best way to go–I asked a great poker player once to give me a tip, he stated “Play Optimally” I'm guessing this is what was meant.

isaacjames said:

This is my local Casino Tourney, it's $100 tourney with ~105 entries.  fast structure (turbo).  10,000 chips starting stacks. skips several levels. no antes at all.

Mix of terrible players and some good cash players.

Blinds 100/200 no ante

2 FOLDs

UTG+2(passive older guy):  Limps for 200 (6000 chips, 30 bbs)

3folds

Hero JJ in HJ raises to 650 (12,000 chips, 60 bbs)

2 folds

SB reraises to 2000 (12,800 chips, 64 bbs)  this player isa 40-50 year old regular 2-5 cash player, has shown some aggression and have seen him bluff missed draws etc… in the cash game but does not 3bet excessively.  I have not played a tourney with him before.   this is the 2nd time he 3bets in about 3-4 orbits

1 fold

UTG+2 folds

Hero so I decided to Call, in line with most suggestions 🙂

FLOP (4500): 283

villain donk bets 2500

Hero?

Thanks for the responses so far guys.

This is my local Casino Tourney, it's $100 tourney with ~105 entries.  fast structure (turbo).  10,000 chips starting stacks. skips several levels. no antes at all.

Mix of terrible players and some good cash players.

Blinds 100/200 no ante

2 FOLDs

UTG+2(passive older guy):  Limps for 200 (6000 chips, 30 bbs)

3folds

Hero JJ in HJ raises to 650 (12,000 chips, 60 bbs)

2 folds

SB reraises to 2000 (12,800 chips, 64 bbs)  this player isa 40-50 year old regular 2-5 cash player, has shown some aggression and have seen him bluff missed draws etc… in the cash game but does not 3bet excessively.  I have not played a tourney with him before.   this is the 2nd time he 3bets in about 3-4 orbits

1 fold

UTG+2 folds

Hero so I decided to Call, in line with most suggestions 🙂

FLOP (4500): 283

villain donk bets 2500

Hero:  I decided I was way ahead of his PF 3betting range which I assessed to be 99+ AQs+ AKo.  I am ahead of 16 AK combos, 4 AQs combos, 6 99 and 6 TT combos, a total of 32 combos.  I am behind 6 AA, 6 KK and 6 QQ for a total of 18 combos, so folding was out of the question especially on this fast structure tourney. Between calling and folding I hear the argument of calling and letting him bluff one more card, but with so much in the middle I preferred to take it down and avoid a AKQ to peel off and put me in a tough position on turn or river, with only a J being a good card for me.  So I shoved all in for 10000 chips with 7000 chips in the middle.

he snapped called me with 88 for a flopped set.  no J, GG me.

I am still happy with the way I played it but would like to hear from you guys on my shove vs calling, I still think you gewt people to call light on these shoves with an 8, 99 and TT for sure and even sometimes gutshots or str8 draws as well as AK if they happen to have it on their 3bet range for some reason, and since I wasnt folding I think there is more value this way rather than calling waiting for a bluff on the turn.  Anyway any thoughts on this wouldbe apreciated