blueskies
Legend
Loyaler
Ok, it may sound like a stupid question because the easy answer is hit a hand and then bet, bet, bet!
But in reality, often you have cold streaks where every flop looks bad for you.
For example, I just finished a session at a 10NL 6-handed table. I literally won a quarter but it was a frustrating 100 hands.
This guy who sits directly across from me plays nearly every single hand. He differs from the typical calling station in that he will often float the flop and flop the turn and then if aggressor checks river, he'll bet pot to take it down.
One such hand, I had JJ in SB. He limps as usual. I raise to 40c and he calls. Flop comes 99Q with two clubs. I lead out with a 2/3 pot bet. He flats. The turn is the ace of clubs. I check. He bets pot and I fold. He probably had me here but this is his MO. In hindsight I probably should just check/call him.
This follows a hand a few mins earlier where in the same situation I raised him with QQ. This time BB was also involved. An A hit on the flop and I check folded after BB bet. (BB is not crazy so I gave him credit)
I didn't really butt heads with the fish much because I knew I had no fold equity, and since I ran card dead after the JJ hand, I basically observed him use his technique to take down many pots.
Because he's so loose, the other players sometimes went to showdown with junk thinking he has nothing and he was able to win some pots with garbage like a pair of 6s with 3 overcards on the board and even ace high on a two-paired board.
He even plays KK the same way as I saw him show down a hand where he just limped in from sb after someone else had limped. And he just called 3 bets after that.
You can beat him if you catch a good piece of the board, but what if you don't? With next to no fold equity, such a player really takes weapons away from the arsenal.
Assuming that you raise with a hand like AK and the board is disjointed like 369 rainbow, and you are OOP, how do you play it? You know he will call your flop bet and he called you with anything so there's no range to speak of. He could very well have a 3. Do you keep betting small for value? Or just check/fold to his pot sized bet and wait for another chance?
And yes that "over the long run you'll get him" plattitude answer is fine, but I just sat there for 100 hands and saw him build up one nice pile doing everything against the book.
But in reality, often you have cold streaks where every flop looks bad for you.
For example, I just finished a session at a 10NL 6-handed table. I literally won a quarter but it was a frustrating 100 hands.
This guy who sits directly across from me plays nearly every single hand. He differs from the typical calling station in that he will often float the flop and flop the turn and then if aggressor checks river, he'll bet pot to take it down.
One such hand, I had JJ in SB. He limps as usual. I raise to 40c and he calls. Flop comes 99Q with two clubs. I lead out with a 2/3 pot bet. He flats. The turn is the ace of clubs. I check. He bets pot and I fold. He probably had me here but this is his MO. In hindsight I probably should just check/call him.
This follows a hand a few mins earlier where in the same situation I raised him with QQ. This time BB was also involved. An A hit on the flop and I check folded after BB bet. (BB is not crazy so I gave him credit)
I didn't really butt heads with the fish much because I knew I had no fold equity, and since I ran card dead after the JJ hand, I basically observed him use his technique to take down many pots.
Because he's so loose, the other players sometimes went to showdown with junk thinking he has nothing and he was able to win some pots with garbage like a pair of 6s with 3 overcards on the board and even ace high on a two-paired board.
He even plays KK the same way as I saw him show down a hand where he just limped in from sb after someone else had limped. And he just called 3 bets after that.
You can beat him if you catch a good piece of the board, but what if you don't? With next to no fold equity, such a player really takes weapons away from the arsenal.
Assuming that you raise with a hand like AK and the board is disjointed like 369 rainbow, and you are OOP, how do you play it? You know he will call your flop bet and he called you with anything so there's no range to speak of. He could very well have a 3. Do you keep betting small for value? Or just check/fold to his pot sized bet and wait for another chance?
And yes that "over the long run you'll get him" plattitude answer is fine, but I just sat there for 100 hands and saw him build up one nice pile doing everything against the book.