Villain keeps calling my preflop raises and minraising my C-bets

[badatmath]

There's this guy has been calling me a lot preflop if he is close to last to act, and minraises my C-bets almost every time (and I C-bet almost every time). What is the best way to deal with this?

[RyanCMU]

Uhh?

Cbet better. Pick your spots better. 3bet more. C/r flops sometimes.

[Phresh]

badatmath,

So basically you're getting owned to all hell? Your opponent has likely noticed that you're raising the majority of the hands you play preflop and is putting you in an ugly spot on flop (for very cheap I might add) and forcing you to play his game. His play will work frequently as it's very hard to make good hands in NLHE.

I think the best way to readjust to this opponent is to tighten up your c-betting range and proceed with hands that can stand raises. You can also 3-bet bluff him on the flop more often than you would another player. You can also check-fold.

[badatmath]

Yeah, totally owned. I just kept c-betting thinking he would expect me to start only doing it with real hands, but the [censored] just kept minraising me. lol

[BlueBear]

Against such an opponent, the simplest defense is to c-bet more selectively rather than automatically. Profit!

[The Eureka Kid]

Coming up against these sorts of opponents actually helps me, it gets me off auto-pilot and actually thinking why I'm c-betting and who I am c-betting. As for your best approach against these players, the suggestions from the above posters are really all you can do.

[1p0kerboy]

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tighten up your c-betting range

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C/r flops sometimes.

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[Xanthro]

You've never come back over the top with a real raise after he min-raises your C-Bet?

After all, if he's doing this constantly, he can't have a hand every time either. He's basically just stealing. Watch stack sizes, and pick a spot where he doesn't automatically have odds to call your raise, then raise him and steal his min raise.

[Landlord79]

You can always rep top set. I think controlling the aggression/initiative is always key against these guys, if they ck-raise light, then you shouldn't give them that opportunity, you 3 bet them light and show more muscle than a standard Cbet.

You definitely can't make this play all of the time, but it has lots of value against certain types of opponents.

Bodog No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

MP3 ($72.00)
CO ($121.80)
Button ($123.75)
SB ($94.00)
BB <font color="#A500AF">(Frequent ck-raiser)</font> ($197.43)
UTG ($73.00)
UTG+1 ($189.25)
MP1 ($53.83)
<font color="#C00000">Landlord79 ($100.00)</font>

Preflop: Landlord79 is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Landlord79 raises to $4</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, BB <font color="#A500AF">(Frequent ck-raiser)</font> calls $3.

Flop: ($2.50) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB <font color="#A500AF">(Frequent ck-raiser)</font> checks, Landlord79 checks.

Turn: ($2.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Frequent 3 ck-raiser bets $5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Landlord79 raises to $13.5</font>, Frequent 3 ck-raiser folds.

Final Pot: $21

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
No showdown. Landlord79 wins $21. </font>

[Landlord79]

BTW, checking Top Set is one of the worst plays that you can make, with the exception of when you have the board crippled.