passive trapping type of opponent.....

[worpler]

ever played against this type.....vpip mid 30s, PFR about 4 or 5 AF < 1
and yet running at 20ptbb/100 over 2k hands.
He always seem to be caling/checking, seldom taking the initiative and does a lot of river trapping against shorter stacks when he pounces on people overplaying marginal stuff.

Is he just running hot, picking on the fish or a bit of both?


And how would you play agaisnt him - R raise him to death?

[STARSCREAM.]

If somebody has a vpip of 30+, you don't want to be raising them too often without at least a decent holding in most scenarios.

The easiest way to beat a player like this is just to fold your marginal hands/situations when they show resistance, since they rarely do it with a draw or as a bluff. If you've been value betting them to death and they just happen to be getting the right cards at the right time than their luck will soon come to an end.

[worpler]

he scalped me a couple of times, but no more....but he has a definite line in stacking shorties or bad players.....always seem to be up at least a buyin.

[STARSCREAM.]

Trust me, 30/5 is not the statistics of a winning player. Unless you have 50K+ hands on him and you notice that he's actually maintaining a relatively good ptbb/100 than I wouldn't think too much of it.