[sweetjazz]

Guru, are these opponents checking behind 90%+ of the time on the flop and turn when checked to? If that is the case, you absolutely must resist your urge to semibluff any hand that has outs and take the "free cards" you are getting. It becomes similar to a no limit situation where you might have a profitable semibluff, but it's better to take a free card instead in case you make the nuts and win a huge pot. Here, your semibluff probably is not profitable (especially if your draw is weak and you have to fold to a raise, so you often don't even get a chance to hit your miracle card), and you'll win a very small pot, but you might get to bet/3bet the river if you hit.

You should play really straightforward against this guy out of position. For me, he is giving you a ton of free plays in your BB. One of the reason you lose a lot in your BB is because you can profitably call a preflop raise, but often have to check/fold the flop. Or you have a hand like 73o that cannot even profitably afford to see a flop. Seeing free flops with your bad hands is a boon for you, and your main goal should be to put the right amount of money in the pot. It's fine to lose a bunch of small pots if you are winning the majority of the big pots and getting more money in when you're ahead than when you're behind. Figure out whether the right type of hand to raise preflop against this guy is J9o [makes decent pairs and also makes effective bluffs on Axx through Qxx flops] or A7o [makes more transparent made hands but has showdown value against someone who bluffs too much]. (Of course these are balancing all your legitimate raises.) DON'T BLUFF THIS OPPONENT, espeically out of position. From your description, he is very aggro on the late streets and is going to make bluffs too expensive (given that the pots are small before he gets aggressive). Instead, look for ways to make light value bets/raises. Don't be afraid to check made hands that are not very vulnerable (e.g. Kc 3h on Kd 9c 4c flop) in the hopes of inducing more action on the later streets. If you flop bottom pair (e.g. 4h 3d on a Th 8s 3s flop), be willing to play it passively. He may check behind better hands and you may induce bluffs on later streets. Your equity is pretty low on this flop even though you "connected" with the board, and you have bad reverse implied odds and your opponent is either gonna get a lot of value out of his made hands or gonna get extra equity from bluffing. It can be frustrating to flop nothing 4 or 5 hands in a row and then feel like you need to "protect" your bottom pair, but instead you should use it as a bluff inducer [because it is indistinguishable from the many hands you are checking intending to give up].

This type of opponent is beatable, but he induces a high variance style and he could be playing pretty well [depending on how he specifically is implementing his strategy].