How do I deal with a player who often raises, and re-raises on the preflop?

There was a person who often raised/re-raised before the flop... and I'm not sure how to deal with him!

Hold'em ? Omaha etc? Ring or Tourney ? NL, PL, Limit ?

Sorry, it was Hold'em Limit $2/$4

dont take chances against em and play premium preflop hands...just be patient and wait for them to pay you

Against maniacs you want to play tighter and be patient. Don't play their game. When you do get a hand be aggressive, maniacs hate to be reraised and will continue to try to push you off your hand so you will still get payed off.

The general rule is if the table is playing loose aggressive, play tight-passive (or even aggressive). If the table is playing tight-passive, play loose-aggressive.

Hi t1riel, I'm reading your answer and I'm trying to make sense of it.

You are saying:

1. If the table is playing Loose/Aggressive, then it should be countered with Tight/Passive.


2. If the table is playing Tight/Passive, then it should be countered with Loose /Aggressive.


So, for example, if a table consists of two players: one is loose/aggressive, and the other is tight/passive. You are saying that they are countering each other?
It seems contradictory to me.

I meant the playing style that the MAJORITY of the table is playing. If you facing a loose aggressive player and just that player, then keep that in mind when you are in a hand with him/her. In your example described in your first post, Wait for a good hand to re-raise. Then, let see what he/she does.

When ever your involved in a hand you should really be playing against as few people as possible.

On a tight table - not too many people betting each hand - you can place a bet knowing that the whole table will come calling and it should be easier to win a pot.

On a loose table - lots of action and people betting down to the river - you should really try to raise early with big enough hands (AA, KK etc) to insure that the majority of the table fold before the pot prices them in.

If someone keeps raising - re-raising pre-flop only come up against them when you do have a decent hand.

Remember - they cant be getting good hands all the time but dont call just because its annoying you as thats when the poker gods will decide 'probably' to give him AA

Good Luck

This is great advice, I use it all the time and it works out great.

If they're not a maniac, but an A-hole like me, look for patterns in their raising.

Late in a tournament, I'll raise pretty big with a lot of garbage, usually because I'm looking to steal blinds. If you see a player raising another tight (or better yet, AFK) player's blind repeatedly, you can feel pretty good about re-raising with hands like a weak ace, any pocket pair, or hell even KQs. Just be willing to put the hand down if you get bet into pretty hard on the flop & turn.

But the best advice is if the table is playing loose, you play tight. Wait for a good hand, and then push hard into them.

everyone has said pretty much the right thing....

if the entire table is Loose aggressive... well, you might want to consider a new table. TAG tables are hard to play at because they suck out a lot...play nearly anything and you have to play tight to win money.. its unfortunate. Table selection is just as much a part of poker as betting, raising and folding.