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hands - because even a reasonably tight player will often call you with a bad hand when
defending his blinds. If you have Ax and the flop comes K910, and theres any resistance at all,
your best off just giving up after the flop - theres no reason to walk into a check raise, or to
bluff off chips with your ace high against 107o. Remember that EVEN TIGHT PLAYERS (good
ones anyway) LOOSEN UP WHEN DEFENDING BLINDS AND CALL WITH WORSE
HANDS. Of course, this works out great when you flop something halfway decent, because you
get paid off. Be aggressive, but dont overplay your blind steals.
Along the same lines, jamming up something like a flush draw from steal position is not a bad
idea either. Lets say you have Ks10s on the button and you raise into the blinds, and the BB
(avg/tight player) calls, and the flop is 7s8sJd. You have a monster draw with an overcard also,
but its odds arent quite good enough to jam it up for value against a single opponent. But,
when you factor in the odds of making your opponent muck by a show of strength, then your
odds to win go well over 50%. For example lets say the BB leads into you on that hand, you
should usually raise and lead the turn. This is because if hes got an 8 or 7 and is just testing the
waters, youd rather him muck than have the river come and you endup with king high against
a pair of 8s. If he three bets you you should then concede that you are beat probably beat, and
then 4 bet for an extra card. Even if hes got a monster like 910 or 77,, he'll probably check the
turn figuring he can check raise you on the turn.
The other option in this situation (and this is a tough move to make) is smooth call the flop
and raise the turn even if you miss (bet the turn if he doesnt lead). This will make a tight
player muck most hands - because it represents a really big hand like a set or an overpair. The
problem with this is that if he has a jack, he'll more than likely give you a crying call, at which
point you better hit on the river.
**NOTE: If you do this, try to resist the urge to bet the river- you will get called about 90-95%
of the time. Its tempting to try and steal it there but the sad fact is that the only hand that can
beat you that would muck at that point is an acehigh flush draw, and the chances of him
having that do not justify a bet. Sometimes, your beat- and yeah it sucks but oh well.
The point is that the aggressive player does EVERYTHING he can to win the pot, especially
against the less aggessive players. And more often than not, he's sucessful.
Playing against aggressive players [not maniacs]
-Is difficult because they mix up thier play, and its tough to figure out what theyre upto
because they play many more hands strongly than your avg player. The best way to deal with
someone like that is to play back at them- let them know that when they mess with you they're
playing with fire, and usually they'll let up on you. Check raise them often with marginal hands
when they are in steal positions / making suspicious bets.
[**NOTE: Playing against slightly loose/aggro players is different than playing against
maniacs. the SLAPs will give let up on you if they really dont have anything, whereas a maniac
will reraise you with 28o- maniacs are different than aggressive players]\
Picking your spots against good aggressive players
There are times to defend, times to calldown, and times to lie down. Say an aggressive player
raises your blind and you have A10o or K10, or something like that. The flop comes 893. This
is a perfect time to check raise the aggressive player on the flop and lead the turn if a blank
comes off, because the board PROBABLY didnt hit him (He probably has JK, JQ, A5, or maybe
even 77) but its not SO bad that he'll call you down with high cards. Flops with mid range
cards in them are perfect to bluff at against good aggressive players, because even though they
raised, the hand they have is probably a halfway legitimate one (an ace, or some paint, or
something) without these cards in it - and at the same time, the cards on the board are
themselves decent enough that you coudlve defended with them - like j8, j9, 78, etc. and a
raiser with AK probably wont call you down.
When to lie down
On the other hand, if you have a K10o in the BB and the button raises oyu, and the flop comes
337, you can pretty much forget about bluffing, because under most circumstances, any Ax will
call you all the way. This is not ALWAYS the case, but its the case often enough that you
should just give up on flops like this. On the other hand, if you yourself have a decent ace on a
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