JJ with limpers ($20k rebuy)

[donkbee]

The table had been fairly loose with calling preflop raises ever since the rebuy hour ended. That fact makes me wanna limp for a set here, but that seems so weak

Should I have limped? If I wanted to raise, I should have raised more, right? 1000 chips?

PokerStars Game #6207724888: Tournament #31066627, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/09/07 - 22:00:37 (ET)
Table '31066627 66' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: bigblaasmvp (38498 in chips)
Seat 2: Clitos (17500 in chips)
Seat 3: mojoj0j0 (3060 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: JJshiv (5683 in chips)
Seat 5: maneater86 (10785 in chips)
Seat 6: carzyeddie (14546 in chips)
Seat 7: bingalls (15660 in chips)
Seat 8: courtiebee (13033 in chips)
Seat 9: DaBruin (12108 in chips)
bigblaasmvp: posts the ante 25
Clitos: posts the ante 25
mojoj0j0: posts the ante 25
JJshiv: posts the ante 25
maneater86: posts the ante 25
carzyeddie: posts the ante 25
bingalls: posts the ante 25
courtiebee: posts the ante 25
DaBruin: posts the ante 25
bigblaasmvp: posts small blind 100
Clitos: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [Jh Js]
mojoj0j0: folds
JJshiv: calls 200
maneater86: calls 200
carzyeddie: folds
bingalls: folds
courtiebee: raises 600 to 800

[Bmxicle]

800 or 1000 is fine, always raise here, but you are rarely looking to get allin.

[Sprayed]

I agree with Bmxicle. But I like 1000 better. The limpers would tell me that my J's are the best so far.

[CDN Panther]

I like 800 cause it's a large enough raise that somebody looking to get all in pre-flop will re-raise you. I do this all the time with QQ+ from early position, I limp in, allow as many people in the pot as possible, hope somebody raises me and then I push all in. If I have a hand like JJ I"m looking to raise to isolate, and am worried about early position limpers who push. If you make the raise too large, you will only have a tougher time getting away from the hand. Just my thoughts on it though.