Don't get me wrong either, I know you are trying to help
I was just hoping to get more of a casual answer instead of going to every detail. Now, I know that poker is a complex game but sometimes it's also over-analyzed.
I know that there are different scenarios but that's what I was hoping to hear from these answers. What to do when the opponent has been aggressive and what to do when he has been passive? I'm still not talking about any particul hand but more like commonly wondering these overpair situations.
In my experience, and I play live 1/2 mostly, passive villains rarely raise anything less than 2p. Aggro villains may raise draws. There are also the types of players who will do this with an inferior over pair.
The way we know what to do depends mostly on what we have seen this particular V do in the past. There are some opponents who seem to raise us all the time. We may suspect they are
bluffing us, and trying to run us over. But, until we
actually see evidence that they will bluff, we shouldn't ever assume they are in fact bluffing.
There are different types of aggresive players. Recklessly aggressive.... these guys just raise with nonsense. Just pure bluffers, no thought or anything. They just put you to the test everytime they think you may fold. But these guys will be stone bluffing with like very little equity. They won't have a flush draw, or a straight draw, maybe not even a pair. 7h-6d-2d, they raise you with A-4o. You'll see this type of crap if you are watching showdowns. I guess I'd call these guys shitty lags.
Then there will be good LAG players as well. They play sets/2p/draws all the same. You never know what they have. These are the most difficult players to play against. But these guys will usually have a back up plan if called,
they have outs to strong 5 card poker hands. Weak players will often think these players are just getting lucky, and they bluff constantly. The thing that poor players don't realize about a solid LAG is they probably have a pretty good idea of what kind of cards they are up against. The good LAG will usually know what his opponents are holding.
If we pay close attention to what our opponents are doing, we should generally put them into some loose categories. If I see a player C/R when he is open ended, with a flush draw, I will be more careful against him. I might even check back 7h-6d-2 against him. We take the play away. So aggro players I will take different lines, than passive players.
If it's some passive whale calling station, I just keep betting until they raise. If I can't beat 2p+, or whatever they have that's prob nuts or near nuts, I just fold. They will call call call call call. But if these types are suddenly c/r you on 7-6-2dd, yeah they just have you smoked man. Fold instantly against these types.
Then there are players who will overplay over pairs. They will limp in and call, or call behind you with say 10-10. If the flop is 7 high, they just fist pump get it in, cause they are terrified of an overcard coming off. If you are watching them, you can identify this type as well. Actual evidence is what we are looking for.
The general theme here is we really have to be paying attention, even if we aren't in hands. We have to know what tendencies our opponents have, to play a spot like this against them. Against a total unknown player, I prob call the flop, and proceed with extreme caution. Hopefully, we have position on them. That is huge. If we are OOP, man that just sucks. It's so much more difficult that way.
Most players at these stakes ($10NL) will probably call too much in general. They'll play too passive. There will probably be some wild cards in the mix too. We really gotta watch the game, and watch our opponents to really know what to do in these types of spots.
And lastly, know the value of your hand. Here is an example.....
Let's say we have Ac-As. The board flops out 7h-6d-2d. If we are up against a hand like 8d-7d we are a slight dog if we get it in on the flop. 8d-7d had 52.xx % chance to win if they get it in vs Ac-As on 7h-6d-2d.
Let's say we have Ad-Ah, and board 7h-6d-2d, and we up against 8d-7d. Those number now flip, we are 52.7, and he is a slight dog. However, either of these spots, if we get it in, we will lose alot. We def don't have a hammerlock on the hand.
Now, we have As-Ac, and board is 7h-6d-2d, and V has 8d-9d this time.
56.2 his favor, 43.7 your favor, if you get it in on the flop, and see all five cards.