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In the local live poker games I play in I have this opponent who doesn't really care if he wins or loses, he just wants to attack my blinds and button every hand and make me miserable. He will raise every time I'm in the blinds, have limped in (or sometimes have the button) and he will get called by 2-4 people(almost as bad as him) who know he's raising with nothing. He will of course lose almost every time but he doesn't care - he got to attack me and he can afford to get stacked 3 times every night. What's the solution?
Here's some back story. The games are extremely loose and all one has to do to beat them is to wait for hands and have the donks pay you off. I might play only 10% of the hands, and that works just fine. My opponent is a very loose donk who will reraise out of the small blind with A3o and has no idea what he is doing. After awhile I consistantly beat him out of many huge pots and he became bitter about it. I became his archenemy in his little brain. Since he could never beat me post flop, he started raising my blinds and limps. I could never see a cheap flop. If it was just him with me on the flop I'd loosen up and call his raises with QJ but I don't want to call a raise out of position with a flop that will see about 4 people. Playing with loose donks who don't really care how much they loose can be a god send except for when that donk enjoys beating on you more than he does winning him self. Solutions I've come up with. Trap him. Wait for big pocket pairs, limp in and reraise. But when those big cards don't come around - it will be a long night. Humiliate him. If he's not playing for his own monetary benefit but for the psychological joy of pounding on me, I'll ruin his joy by mocking him every time he loses 20 to steal my 2. "How did that blind steal work that time, Mikey?" Maybe I'll keep a running tally on a piece of paper of how much he's stolen and how much he has lost, and then bring it up every time he loses another blind steal. Any other tips or suggestions? (This is basically the opposite of soft play which is your nice to someone against your own interests. This is like "Hard Play" where you are attacking someone against your own interests) |
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