Lately I have run into a weird type of player. He will play complete trash and raise on every street. The worst thing that could happen (and it happend to me quite often) is to get caught inbetween this guy and someone with a more or less legitimate hand.
Since every pot gets blown up, it's almost impossible to play a hand like top pair for example. Once the pot contains a ton of bets, everyone gets the odds to stick around and draw against you.
Just a small reminder, if two players sandwhich a guy intentionally and blow the pot out of proportion, it's collusion.
Now with that complete retard on the table, the outcome is basically the same, just some sort of unintentional collusion.
I have no idea how to counter that and I certainly have the feeling that this type of player hurts me more than I could profit from him, so I usually leave such tables.
Any better ideas?
Edit: Here is an example:
Party Poker ($1/$2 limit). Hand converted by
Check Raised hand converter
Preflop (9 players): Hero is MP2 with
UTG calls [2.5:1].
1 fold.
MP1 calls [3.5:1].
HERO 2 bets.
3 folds.
SB calls [4.67:1].
BB calls [8:1].
UTG calls [9:1].
MP1 calls [10:1].
Flop (10 small bets ($10) in pot, 5 players):
SB bets.
BB folds [11:1].
UTG calls [12:1].
MP1 2 bets.
HERO 3 bets.
SB calls [9.5:1].
UTG calls [10.5:1].
MP1 calls [22:1].
Turn (11 bets ($22) in pot, 4 players):
SB bets.
UTG calls [13:1].
MP1 calls [14:1].
HERO calls [15:1].
River (15 bets ($30) in pot, 4 players):
SB bets.
UTG folds [16:1].
MP1 2 bets.
HERO calls [10:1].
SB calls [21:1].
Summary:
MP1 has a pair of Deuces [
]
SB has Two pair, Kings and Nines [
] and won $41.00 (20.5bb)
<u>HERO has a pair of Tens [
]</u>