Strategy against a player who takes this line frequently

In my home game, we have a guy who demonstrates a tendency to 1) call preflop raises OOP, 2) call substantial bets on draw-heavy flops & turns, 3) make value bets when checked to on the river (particularly when an obvious draw-completing card hits). He's successfully employed this line over the 7-8 sessions I've played against him.

Now, it occurs to me that he's simply been on a nice run lately and he'll be paying me off a large % of the time when his draws miss. Most of the damage he's done has been dealt to the others in the game, but perhaps I'm just tired of laying down KK on the river, like I did recently when the board ran out Ts 9s 9h x 8s.

In general, though, how do you combat this line? Increase preflop raise size and bet sizes on flop & turn to give him worse odds? He's definitely not very mathematically oriented, and will rarely fold a common draw in the face of a 3-bet flop. Do I give him too much credit for his river bets, even when I've seen him turn over the nuts multiple times? Perhaps exercise a little pot control when the board is so draw heavy and he shows interest on the flop?

6-8xbb preflop.Bet pot every street (overbet if he calls regardless)
Just play more with him and you will win $$$ from him

Sounds like he is just playing badly and getting lucky. Just keep getting him to pay too much to draw and be glad that he keeps showing up to your home game.

mcbluffin311 said:

Sounds like he is just playing badly and getting lucky. Just keep getting him to pay too much to draw and be glad that he keeps showing up to your home game.

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Yeah, I thought that I was probably over-thinking this. He's the guy who is content to check-call till the river, but has shown up with a lot of big hands/made draws over this stretch in time.

Think about each street independently. If he is making a mistake with his drawing hands on that individual street, then keep betting and building pots. Calling a 3bet OP preflop with a drawing hand is usually -EV. Bet aggressively when you connect on flop and you think he is on a draw. On river...only bet IP when he checks if you can imagine him calling you with worse than what you have.

Update:

Villain has lost 4 buy-ins over the last two sessions, and tilted really badly last night. Stacked off to me once in Omaha, drawing super thin when we gii on the flop.

Naysayre said:

Update:

Villain has lost 4 buy-ins over the last two sessions, and tilted really badly last night. Stacked off to me once in Omaha, drawing super thin when we gii on the flop.

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Yup - and he is wondering why his strategy is not working all of a sudden.
Keep making him pay more than he should for his draws and you are continuing to force into mistake after mistake. He should hit 1 out of 3 (there abouts) so keep it up. If he gets on a heater, don't sweat it - it will all even out when the winter freeze comes.

Naysayre said:

In my home game, we have a guy who demonstrates a tendency to 1) call preflop raises OOP, 2) call substantial bets on draw-heavy flops & turns, 3) make value bets when checked to on the river (particularly when an obvious draw-completing card hits).

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How are 1) and 3) both possible?? If he's OOP he can't be checked to on the river.

WVHillbilly said:

How are 1) and 3) both possible?? If he's OOP he can't be checked to on the river.

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I should have explained more clearly that 1 and 3 are separate, but both recognizable patterns in his game.

When he's OOP and completes a draw, he often leaves money on the table by checking streets. I've taken my foot off the gas by checking behind in a lot of these instances, thereby (hopefully) reducing his implied odds against me when he chases.

i love playing with looser players, especially if you can grab a seat in front of them. in the long run youll end up profitable if you can be patient, keep a cool head when they DO hit their gutshot straight etc, and take their money when they dont