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Im playing in a 6 man sit n go. Maybe 4 of us left. I get a series of hands such K10, KQ, 66, JQ. I raise with all 4 hands in good position. Guy to me left calls every time. then i miss every flop. After the flop, I check, he bets.

Its not just this one series that the same scenario occurred-it is all tournament long.

How do you deal with this situation; do you fold. Call or reraise with nothing?

Just be interested in hearing what others think of this.
 
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A c-bet bluff or check raise with air would slow him down. Even if you lose a bit more on one hand, I think it would save you money in the long run. From my modest experience, playing super tight just lets people run you over, and a little push back with air hands can be effective in slowing down someone who tries to steal every pot.
 
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You should at least one time make a c-bet or check-raise.. you can't always give up your hand if you miss flop...
 
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C-bit/check raise. I will be judicious but will definitely try and do my best and play them appropriately. Thats one of the beautiful things about poker, you really have to be thinking all the time-all within a certain structure of course.
 
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occasionally reraise him,or bet after the flop big.mix it up a bit,keep him/her guessing.as if you check every time after missing the flop your giving chips away every time you miss the flop.
 
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Had to try at least once re-raise the opponent and then you would understand what a player ))))Just likely got a very agressivnyj ))))
 
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If he constantly does it after you,he's probably bluffing most of the hands.
 
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Im playing in a 6 man sit n go. Maybe 4 of us left. I get a series of hands such K10, KQ, 66, JQ. I raise with all 4 hands in good position. Guy to me left calls every time. then i miss every flop. After the flop, I check, he bets.

Its not just this one series that the same scenario occurred-it is all tournament long.

How do you deal with this situation; do you fold. Call or reraise with nothing?

Just be interested in hearing what others think of this.

Number one if you are leading out pre-flop then every time on the flop you should c-bet. Especially in if you're out of position, which sounds like you are in every hand.
Number two it sounds like he has a read on you. I love playing with people that easy reads. I played a live tournament once and noticed a guy would fold almost every time to a 3-bet. Guess what, every time he raised then I 3-bet, I didn't even care what my cards were. He got knocked cause he never defend his raise. 10 to 1 he was an online player cause he was very readable. Online players are harder to read but they have an added advantage of having HUD. I don't play a lot of 6-max but I do understand the value of hands goes up. You need to be more aggressive and re-raising at times.
Also I try just limping in cheap at times.
 
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You got to follow through with Cbets a great majority of the time. You don't mention your bet size when leading out.
 
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your going to have to work some check-raise bluffs into your game or hes going to lead and keep barreling knowing your folding unless you have the nuts, then he just folds minimizing his losses. don't be so transparent in the way you play post flop
 
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Alot of great stuff here. The more i hear from others and think about it, there is always a constant adaptation to the situation in poker. You just cant use one strategy and hope to get away with it.
 
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As always in poker, if you are out of position, things become more difficult.
If you make a habit out of continuation betting and then giving up when called, your opponents will take notice. They will start calling your raises in position, calling your flop bet and just taking the pot away from you on the turn.
If your pre-flop raise is called in position by a tricky opponent, you should generally c-bet less often. It is already tricky to play a pot out of position, and against a tough player it only becomes even more difficult.
When you are in position things become easier because you can more accurately gauge your opponent's hand strength. This means you can continuation bet more often, because you can more confidently fire second barrels when your opponent checks to you on the turn.
When you're out of position you are left guessing, and often end up being forced to check-fold when your continuation bet fails on the flop.
 
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In my opinion it is indeed good to c-bet or check-raise when you miss a flop with a strong hand.
However, you have to watch his stack and movements aswell. If he has a stack which is way bigger than yours, be more careful with bluffs. Don't always raise preflop with a strong hand if you have a bigstack on your left.
An other thing to look at (if you do raise preflop) is how much you raised en the flop that follows. With a 3-4BB raise preflop, he shouldn't call with bad hands like 97o. If the board flops like 973 and there is no flushdraw, it is pretty likely you still have the best hand with AQ.

If he is shortstacked, you can try to c-bet bigger and more frequently because of his stacksize. He'll feel more pressure and is even less likely to call with bad hands. So a bet on an empty board will make him fold faster. If you just check every time on the flop and fold on a bet, he will always try to bluff you off if you check.

(If I'm wrong with this thought, please correct me, I'm not a super experienced player)
 
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I don't know if it's live or online. The way you are talking is that it's live. You totally are check folding through the majority of hands. Is it every time you raise? He has your pain threshold. Definitely Cbet about 60% even if you have air. He will probably call you. Double barrel the turn and I will say you will have your pot back and then some against this opponent. I would say he will stop in short term.
 
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As has been mentioned you need to continuation bet most flops. If you're checking every time you miss, which will be about 2/3 of the time, and betting when you have something you're going to be an easy spot.
 
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it's a bluff basically when ever all-in .need to wait for an interesting card and make it all-in all-in
 
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people have already mentioned correctly IMO how you should play against that type of player. But on those four flops you didn't even had a draw.? I am asking because it seems like you folding quiet often there. How big did he cbet? 1/3,1/2 of the pot?. I know that 4 hands it's a mere ammount of hands but just wondering.

ps If I were him and I have a passive checker before me I would exploit him as well , that's the correct play given the dynamics.
 
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against such opponents need to change the 3-bet range and put the continuation bet with any equity
 
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common situation. In such cases, I put a couple of times All-in, after which the game acquires a standard demeanor.
 
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well said Dave M86. Will really make me think about position a good deal more
 
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well actually, its all good advice and I think Rookie, you dont need any correcting
 
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