lauestla
Legend
Platinum Level
Except if the only time you are dealt a monster the guy decides to fold
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wavetune
Legend
Bronze Level
after you start playing aggressively too, they calm down after 5 minutes, I often play spin and go and there are these aggressors every second
valduer
Rock Star
Bronze Level
this seems to be the most profitable approach, wait for a strong hand and let them dig their own grave
PauPau
Rock Star
Bronze Level
Setup a mouse trap and get all his chips.
valduer
Rock Star
Bronze Level
I've seen some pro input on it on YouTube. His advice was to rather play tighter against very aggressive players, because the bottom end of your range is to make SB and BB fold, which obviously doesn't work here.
Instead, you try to maximize your payout on your stronger hands because they tend to stay in a hand longer than they should according to GPO and in the best case go all in vs you holding the nuts 😉
Instead, you try to maximize your payout on your stronger hands because they tend to stay in a hand longer than they should according to GPO and in the best case go all in vs you holding the nuts 😉
black and
Legend
Platinum Level
Yes, I have my strategy for playing against such opponents. My strategy is simple and is to just wait for strong cards. It always works. Aggression can be easily tamed by patience
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
First of all its important to understand, what aggression in poker actually is. Some people think, its playing to many hands, but this in itself is loose but not aggressive. Aggression is measured as the relation between bets and raises divided by calls. So an aggressive player per definition is someone, who is more likely to bet or raise, than they are to call.
This mean, that they so actually sometimes fold. So if for instance they are 3-betting some medium strong hands preflop, that a more passive player would just call, they you should obviously fold less to their 3-bets. But you should also strongly consider to 4-bet them more to not always allow them to take the initiative away from you. This can also reduce the amount of future 3-bets, because they most likely dont want to be facing 4-bets, if their 3-betting range is full of junk. Same idea if they are C-betting the flop to much. Then you should fold less, but you should also raise more often.
But in generel the way to combat very aggressive players is to do more bluff catching against them and basically "let them hang themselfes", as the old saying goes. So where you might make a big fold on the river with for instance top pair against a tight and passive player, who have bet all streets, you should be more inclined to stick your foot down against a loose and aggressive player, because they are far more likely to be bluffing you.
This mean, that they so actually sometimes fold. So if for instance they are 3-betting some medium strong hands preflop, that a more passive player would just call, they you should obviously fold less to their 3-bets. But you should also strongly consider to 4-bet them more to not always allow them to take the initiative away from you. This can also reduce the amount of future 3-bets, because they most likely dont want to be facing 4-bets, if their 3-betting range is full of junk. Same idea if they are C-betting the flop to much. Then you should fold less, but you should also raise more often.
But in generel the way to combat very aggressive players is to do more bluff catching against them and basically "let them hang themselfes", as the old saying goes. So where you might make a big fold on the river with for instance top pair against a tight and passive player, who have bet all streets, you should be more inclined to stick your foot down against a loose and aggressive player, because they are far more likely to be bluffing you.
dreamer13
Legend
Platinum Level
Experienced poker players often choose an aggressive style of play. They act boldly and unpredictably, make opponents fold, successfully bluff and often break the pot. Playing against aggressive players is very difficult. Every poker player needs to be able to play against aggressive players. Having met with such an opponent, proceed as follows: if you have a weak hand - fold, otherwise you risk losing your bet, an average hand - answer a raise with a raise, according to the opponent's reaction, you will understand whether he is bluffing or has a strong hand. If the opponent calls, it is better to refuse further struggle and a strong hand - answer the opponent's raise with a call, so you will mislead him and force him to raise the bet.
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LemonadeJooe
Enthusiast
Silver Level
A good strategy against very aggressive players is to loosen up your range IP and tighten up OOP.
Play small pair that can make hidden set,
also suited connectors are good against agg. opp.
Dont respect their bets as much.
And if you flop a set and they have top pair,
expect to win their entire stack.
And as others mentioned, let them hang themselves.
But be careful,slow play can make you suck out on river.
So slow play only with almost nuts.
Play small pair that can make hidden set,
also suited connectors are good against agg. opp.
Dont respect their bets as much.
And if you flop a set and they have top pair,
expect to win their entire stack.
And as others mentioned, let them hang themselves.
But be careful,slow play can make you suck out on river.
So slow play only with almost nuts.
