$2 NLHE 6-max: 3 hands vs this donkey calling station raising all-in nearly every hand

$2 NLHE 6-max: 3 hands vs this donkey calling station raising all-in nearly every hand

I played a short session agaisn't this guy who was raising everything pre-flop with all sorts of garbage. The last hand I folded my A,K vs him, as I thought the chances of him hitting the flop was quite high, can you give your thoughts on this? First hand he pushed all-in after I raised him on the flop so I called because of other hands I'd seen him play and indeed he had A,10. Second hand he just flat called my raise and the last hand again he flat called. If he had shoved all 3 times I'd of been calling all day but he didn't.

Also the hand where I pick up pocket 9's did I play it to passively and should I have kept raising instead of flat calling? I coulden't rule out he hit a queen with a rag as he played every pot and also many A,x/K,x/Qx hands etc..

Should I just of shoved pre flop with the last A,K hand you think?

Some input would be great.

Full Tilt - $0.01/$0.02 CapNoLimit Hold'em (4 players)
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SB Hero: $1.94
BB: $0.70
UTG: $0.35
BTN: $1.43

Pre-flop: ($0.03) Hero is SB and dealt
UTG folds, BTN raises $0.07, Hero raises $0.21, BB folds, BTN raises $0.53, Hero calls $0.38

Flop: ($1.22) (2 players)

Turn: ($1.22) (2 players)

River: ($1.22) (2 players)

Final Pot: $1.22

Showdown:
BTN shows
Hero shows
Outcome: Hero wins $1.14




Full Tilt - $0.01/$0.02 CapNoLimit Hold'em (4 players)
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SB: $0.68
BB: $0.35
UTG: $0.83
BTN Hero: $2.48

Pre-flop: ($0.03) Hero is BTN and dealt
UTG calls $0.02, Hero raises $0.06, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.15) (2 players)
UTG bets $0.15, Hero calls $0.15

Turn: ($0.45) (2 players)
UTG bets $0.17, Hero calls $0.17

River: ($0.79) (2 players)
UTG bets $0.22, Hero calls $0.22

Final Pot: $1.23

Showdown:
UTG shows
Hero shows
Outcome: Hero wins $1.15




Full Tilt - $0.01/$0.02 CapNoLimit Hold'em (6 players)
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SB: $0.28
BB: $0.90
UTG: $0.72
MP: $0.83
CO Hero: $3.07
BTN: $0.81

Pre-flop: ($0.03) Hero is CO and dealt
UTG folds, MP raises $0.07, Hero raises $0.22, 3 folds, MP calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.47) (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.47) (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks

River: ($0.47) (2 players)
MP bets $0.38, Hero folds, MP returned $0.38

Final Pot: $0.47

Showdown:
BTN mucks his hand
Outcome: MP wins $0.44


So, what do you think? Maybe I should of c-bet the flop? The thing is he called down mostly all the time in every hand regardless so I thought I was throwing away money unless I hit as he didn't know how to fold. His shove on the river could of been like hand one with nines but I really had a bad feeling about it. Any thoughts?Should I of called or done something different? His range in my eyes definitely hit something and the board was quite dangerous in the end but could I of played it differently or not really against this sort of play? A bluff would never work vs him for example that's why I never C-bet or so.

Whenever you get a loose calling station villian like this you need to adjust your range depending on their VPIP. And betting anything when the board texture doesn't appear to be in your favor is just spewing chips against these guys. You want to go on the aggressive offensive when you have something of value.

The first and third hand seemed okay, although on the first hand you could have bet the turn since the villian didn't even bother cbetting like he should have on the flop.

The second hand you posted, should have been reraised on the flop to something like ~0.60. With pocket 99's you don't want the villian to have the chance at a higher card coming out on the turn or river to pair something he's holding because you wasn't aggressive enough.

You played every one of these hands perfectly.

Wait a second, were you all-in pre-flop in the first hand or did you check it down? If you didn't shove pre-flop then that's terrible.

TorreyB said:

Whenever you get a loose calling station villian like this you need to adjust your range depending on their VPIP. And betting anything when the board texture doesn't appear to be in your favor is just spewing chips against these guys. You want to go on the aggressive offensive when you have something of value.

The first and third hand seemed okay, although on the first hand you could have bet the turn since the villian didn't even bother cbetting like he should have on the flop.

The second hand you posted, should have been reraised on the flop to something like ~0.60. With pocket 99's you don't want the villian to have the chance at a higher card coming out on the turn or river to pair something he's holding because you wasn't aggressive enough.

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First off, why should villain be c-betting the flop when his opponent called a 4-bet? (which is terrible btw)

Second, why are you raising the flop in hand 2? You don't fold anything that beats you and nothing worse really calls (against this villain maybe but I think on balance it's bad). I can understand it's for protection but against this type of villain getting him to fold his bottom pair or fold his J2 is bad when he'll bet it for us.