Playing Against a Wild Player
Hello,
A certain situation happened not only once or twice but a lot of times, more or less 75% of the heads up matches I have been into. In the said situation I’m typically the aggressor in the beginning. I of course have an opponent and he usually folds a lot which then makes me think he’s actually a tight player or a wise one trying to discover how often do I raise, check, call, and the like. I’m confident most of the time but then suddenly he’d turn around maybe 5 min into the match. He then begins to raise almost all hands preflop and then bets on flop and turns if in case I call.
Oftentimes, I’m supposed to win in 5 hands as I raise or call down and win with high card however he normally be in between and then will start to take over and so I’ll be left troubled, clueless of what to do next. Raises aren’t small. If blinds are 15/30, BB preflop raise will be three times and bet will be pot size by which can be your stack in a while.
Just yesterday, same situation happened. I tried to bully the guy more. With high card A on the flop, I checked raised him and he just called and checked. Quite as I expected, I won the pot. I tried such approach for several times but then to my surprise he turned gears again. When I’m up to do check raising back then, for about 3/4 of my stack he would raise me. Well, I wanted to call however I don’t want to take risk specially I don’t have a top pair or something else good.
Any thoughts? Any strategy I can use to eventually play effectively against such wild player the next time around?
By the way, you’re site is so helpful. Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Merlin
Merlin,
You will have to change gears at different times. When your aggression isn’t working, then play tight. If the player lets you see flops cheap, then see them and punish him when you connect well. Chances are this player is getting tired of getting bullied and is starting to get desperate. The easiest way to beat this player is usually wait for strong hands and push them hard. The blinds are so low that you can sit back and play tight for a while.
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