How do you approach incessant raisers at your table?

[Pokerpoet2]

In a Live Tournament we had a player raising from the BTN every time it was my BB, I avoided playing against him until I had felt the time was right to play back at him, having A/9 suited dealt to me, when he raised I just called, I hit the Ace on the flop of A,7,3, and checked, he led out betting the same amount as he had raised me with and thought that is generally what a player was supposed to do, follow a pre-flop raise with a continuation bet, so I called.
When a 9 came on the Turn I checked again, he bet out, only this time I raised 2X, he called, now I had him on the back foot because he hadn't expected me to do that. So when a 7 came on the river I bet out about a half of the pot thinking he possibly had an Ace but my two pair would have beaten his two pair if he had been raising with A/K in his hand, He tanked for a long time before someone called the clock on him and was eventually timed out.
Wait for the right time and play back at them, they don't expect that happening from tight players!

 

[andron205]

Contrstrategy of talkivaniya

 

[Garik777]

I don't like such tactics

 

[CataRouillet]

I think that in these situations it is best to be patient. If the player or several players raise non-stop, it is unlikely that they will have winning hands. I think it's a matter of waiting for a good hand and making the most of it against these players.

 

[dzsire]

I don't want to get emotionally involved, so I always wait until someone kicks such players out of the tournament.
The problem with them is that even if you get a strong hand, such a player is able to beat you with a bad hand, so I don't like to play in such situations.

 

[vitas_top]

I love these players because they always make me win. You just have to play with good hands and wait for the right moment.

 

[nakiesQUensyyy]

Positive, because when there is a strong hand, it will be possible to take more chips

 

[BetterThanAvgButNotByMuch]

it depends on the structure of the tourn you're playing. If you can wait for hands then you should tighten up and wait.

But what happens in 95% of the cases these are the same folks that say " I can acquire a lot of chips in the early stage but I lose them really fast", lol. Its because they won all the chips while being behind and just making bad plays and hitting on folks getting lucky.

If I see that happening every hand with the mindless raises then right off the bat, i know without a doubt they have ZERO clue what they're doing and can't play whatever game they're playing and have zero understanding of tourn structure.

Its like playing in a omaha tourn where folks think that holdem hands are great like KK27 lol comical and they're betting and betting and don't understand you need nearly the nuts in any form of omaha, lol. Even if you have no clue what so ever what they're doing then just take that hand and make some other combos with it, kk, k2, k7, and 27 lol its right there in plain sight. lol. I mean you don't have to study a game to see that lol. And they're jamming with that trash, lolo. Basically looking for a 2 outer for a set and jamming it.

Or playing holdem 50-100BBs deep and these folks are shoving with AQ and AK, lol. LOL After awhile I just say, here take it to make the kids happy and let them keep doing their silly nonsense. Pat them on the head and tell them good job.

And if we were playing stud8 or stud, lolol even worse.

Best thing is to just avoid them and let them self destruct. While playing, just make notes of who they are and keep going so you know what to expect down the line.

And I don't need sharkscope to tell me what their record is lol, its obvious who and what they are when you see them.

 

[Cisne]

If his raise is frequent because he often gets a good hand, it's totally understandable, just wait for his luck to run out and a bad hand comes, someone gets a better hand than his and eliminates him, you can end up eliminating him yourself if a better hand comes your way.

 

[skaterick]

ROFLuck ... its not an online tourney

 

[makisaa]

It seems that player had taken your breath away. In this case you must find a chance to do the same and maby establish a situation. It is not easy to reverse the game!

 

[vladsink]

I really don't like such players, I want to play calmly

 

[Fepitaph]

I think it's pretty simple, I'd 3bet every hand that I don't mind folding to a 4bet, or that would be very difficult to play postflop with. sizing would choose more, although out of position it is worth 3.5-4x 3bet, I would do 4.5x, in position I think 3.5-3.8x would be enough

 

[nelomec]

My dad and I were in a tournament the other night. My table was pretty normal, but my dad's table was populated by a few players that raised every hand--specifically one player in particular raised BIG most hands.

How do you approach those incessant raisers when you can't seem to get a couple of good cards, especially when your chip stack is lower than theirs? Any tips? I'm new to real life tournaments.

To play against this type of player is only wait for cards that you can go all in, when he raised.