HU Strategy Question

[BadLieutenant]

I posted this in the HU forum.....but nobody replied

How do you ajust your play against an agressive opponent who raises 3X EVERY TIME in position?

I did re-raise him PF alot , check-raise on a bluff on the flop but couldn't
hit anything. I did get him to lay down some hands, but it's hard to play
against an agressive player with no cards...
Stacks were almost even...we both had like 50BB.

Thoughts?

[Machinehead]

I usually come out HU very aggressively(especially with position)and see how much they will let me take control of the game.

One guy I played against would reraise me all-in about once every 3 hands or so. Often enough to make raising a hand I couldn't call an all-in with -EV. In retrospect, it's a real strong strategy to slow down an aggressive player.

[JCool]

Hmmm. I think I would alternate reraising with calling and leading the flop(folding only the very worst of hands). That'll slow him down.

[Imrahil]

I HATE playing heads up with a constant raiser. It makes everything sooooooo difficult, especially when you call his raise and you hit nothing.

[BadLieutenant]

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I HATE playing heads up with a constant raiser. It makes everything sooooooo difficult, especially when you call his raise and you hit nothing.

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yeah..and my opponent was not a hyperagressive moron

[infinite_loop]

Re-raise your decent hands. Fold a lot of garbage. Re-raise some garbage. There's no real formula.

He's capitalizing on his position. He's building a pot and then taking it down.

Play poker.

[Blindcurve]

I really don't adjust my play that much.

I'm going to play a lot of hands anyway. If he's raising literally every hand, then he really isn't giving you any information one way or the other about his hand or range. Essentially, you're just playing bigger pots. Obviously, you have to be careful OOP, but I would just raise my solid hands, take flops with the playable ones and fold the crap.

Also make sure you push with your big pairs and big aces, rather than trapping. There's a possibility that your opponent might think you are fed up with his overaggressive play and call with say any ace, or a big king.

[BadLieutenant]

I did push all-in with Ax...but he folded every time