[kayaker]

My solution to Taz...

Situation 1:
Taz sits down and proceeds to suck out on you in three of the first five hands, hitting miracle draws on the turn/river despite your clearly having bet enough to get him to fold his weak-assed hand.

Solution:
Reload and tighten up just a little. As long as this Taz doesn't leave the table, you WILL get your money back. Either directly from him or vicariously through someone else he doubles up. And add Taz to your friends list. You want to be able to find him again later and take what's left of his money. This is the fun Taz because they like to build their stack to four and five times the buy-in, then lose it all back.


Situation 2:
Taz plays every hand and catches card after card, while you get 1 hand/hour to play and miss that flop completely. (This is often the most frustrating of the bunch for me, but there's little you can do beyond hoping your cards turn around before he leaves.)

Solution:
Add Taz to your friends list and change tables. If you're running bad while someone else is getting everything, changing tables will sometimes change your luck. And by adding him to your FL, you can find him later when you're running better and he's not.


If Taz puts you on tilt, follow the advice for Situation 2. If it's that bad, quit playing for a while. Even the best players go on tilt every now and again, and taking a break is sometimes the best thing you can do. Continuing to play, or worse, moving UP in limits, will usually just end up costing you more money.