Specific tipps for my private home game

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Papier24

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Hey guys,
So I'm often playing in a private home cash game just for fun. Even though I definetely know more about poker theory than most of these players I have difficulties to really beat this game.
I got to know these players really good , so maybe you guys could give me some advice for these specific players :

PLAYER A :
Preflop :
plays overall really tight, rarely 3bets light preflop, 4bets almost never with worse than KK+. But this player calls my 3bets with a really wide range. They still have a pretty good idea of hand strengths preflop.

Postflop : When this player raises big, it is almost never a bluff. The only time this player might bluff is on the flop as a C-bet.

In my private game, there are like 3-4 player with this play style. I bluff more often against these players but usually 3-4 players see the flop in this game and one these players calls me down pretty often.

Player B:
- maniac, plays almost every hand, raises with weird hands like random middle pairs and has no idea about the game. Usually I just tend to wait until I got a decent hand against this player. But it usually gets difficult when one of the tight players is involved too.

So these are just the main players in my game. There are 1-2 decent players with a good poker knowledge as well. The style of player A defines the charakter of the game. So it's overall a game where many players want to see the flop and hope they hit a monster. Most of the time I only win big pots due to coolers.

Would really appreciate it if you guys gave me some advice.
 
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Semantic foreword: Just so you know when you say 3bet and 4bet you mean 2bet sized 3bb or 4bb. 3betting refers to betting on top of a bet (the 1bet was the BB)

Dont focus on bluffing player A at all. Let them be, they will bite you hard in the a** if you catch the flop in any way and make you chase it. Since it's not an overall tight table, the player B's are how you make your money. Mimic the player A's and play around them (try to BAIT THEM it will shock them that you slowplayed which clearly is their forte). Player B is HOW YOU MAKE YOUR MONEY. This is a cash game not a tournament, you want to keep focusing hard on making it so that when you do hit-hard you bet enough to scared off the A's but not so much you scare B.

With player A you don't bluff, instead you bet a little more than is reasonable for your hand strength. You got mid pair? Bet 3BB at the flop. You need to keep scaring them but never let them make you turn into a maniac yourself as the maniac is countered by the coward.

IMPORTANT THING TO TRY TO DO BEFORE THE CASH GAME SESSION BEGINS

Do not be sandwiched between the shark and the maniac but if the shark is somewhere apart from the maniac and you're able to sit very close to clockwise from him (acting directly after the maniac) this is the optimal spot as it allows you to engage him with good preflop hands and scare the others away (or know they DEFINITELY have better than you. If you are before him everything will be difficult especially since it's player A's you're against who may loosen up to handle him and then not back down when you engage if you act before him (which is preflop AFTER his raise as can be)
 
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Semantic foreword: Just so you know when you say 3bet and 4bet you mean 2bet sized 3bb or 4bb. 3betting refers to betting on top of a bet (the 1bet was the BB)
I know the definition of a 3bet and a 4bet. When I say 3bet I mean betting on top of a bet and not a 2bet sized 3bb. When I started playing poker I got this wrong though.
So most players rarely 3bet light preflop and a 4bet is almost always a Monster. I usually 3betted alot to encounter their strategy but preflop they call my 3bets with a wide range to see the flop.

Anyway, thank you for giving me some advice.
 
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