How do you play against players who never fold?

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Hey, I need some advice - how do you change your strategy when a player calls every hands you raise....
 
didi58xx said:
Hey, I need some advice - how do you change your strategy when a player calls every hands you raise....
make sure you have a strong hand and keep raising.
 
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Go big with your value hands, bigger than normal. If they never fold then go big and go all three streets. And don’t bluff them. That’s pretty much the exploit. You don’t need a monster, Top Pair with a decent kicker or better usually works. They are calling with Top Pair worse kicker, second pair, bottom pair, ace high, draws and anything else they feel like calling you with.
 
Against a player who calls frequently, you should widen your value range and eliminate your bluffing range. For instance, if he always calls with second pair, you need to start betting for value with any top pair. And if he never folds, simply don't bluff against him at all.
 
didi58xx said:
Hey, I need some advice - how do you change your strategy when a player calls every hands you raise....
It depends, like they might have an eye on you, I would fold a few hands and see what happens after. Mostly the player know then that you don’t play the way he/she does.
And you have taken a little break, to brake that way of play of the opponent.
And a different table helps, but you can’t ask for that online🙈

I would play a bit tighter and see what happens with the player, like, is he/she loosing blinds, it can help with the type of play.
That’s what I would do, mostly I see a different way of play after.

Also never bluf, I mostly don’t do that, even when you think you can do that.

Good luck!
 
Make sure that you have a strong hand and value bet. If there's a flush or straight possibility and it looks like they may have hit based on their betting patterns then consider folding. Most people that play like this also go all-in when they hit a straight or flush, especially if you play a tight-aggressive style of play. But really its down to your reads on how your opponent plays in certain situations. You need to exploit their tendencies, so their loosy- call station type play is great for a tight-aggressive player without any changes needed.
 
Wow, they should be a gold mine. Play only good hands (play narrower than usual) and bet big.
You should have a huge mathematical/statistical advantage.
 
I find it hardest to play against these kinds of players the ones who won't fold and even raise but I manage to find ways to handle them.
 
This should be one of the simplest traits to adjust to..
If they never fold to raises preflop: be patient, play a tighter range, consider increasing your open raise size.
If the don't fold to bets and raises post flop:
stop naked bluffing (they won't fold);
bet thinner for value (they don't fold worse hands);
bet bigger for value (they don't fold).
 
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Tighten up and value bet when we hit. When normally we like top-pair-top kicker or better, say, to confidently barrel value, we can usually barrel value with less than that, say top-weak, or even 2nd or maybe even some 3rd pair, since this guy calls pretty much anything with bottom pair, underpair, weak draw ...

In fact, we can even open any Ax from LP on occasion whenever this guy limps. When he limp-calls our open and we hit an A, we don't worry about our kicker because he don't have no A. Just value value value, so long as we have isolation.
 
monkeytilter said:
This should be one of the simplest traits to adjust to..
If they never fold to raises preflop: be patient, play a tighter range, consider increasing your open raise size.
If the don't fold to bets and raises post flop:
stop naked bluffing (they won't fold);
bet thinner for value (they don't fold worse hands);
bet bigger for value (they don't fold).
Basically all this. I'd also personally slow down on betting my draws and bloating the pot needlessly. I mean one of the reasons we bet our draws is as a bluff while to also build a pot for when you hit the draw. If you know you can get paid off anyways by a calling station then there's no need to build a pot or bluff. Also there's nothing wrong with a lower variance line in my opinion as poker has enough variance.

Cheers!!!
 
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I actually like playing against players who never fold. I just bet bigger for value and stop trying to bluff them. If they want to call with weak hands, I’m happy to let them pay me off. 😄
 
Tighten your range, play more in position, and raise them bigger. You want to get them to play bigger hands out of position against your stronger range.
 
didi58xx said:
Hey, I need some advice - how do you change your strategy when a player calls every hands you raise....
When there is another aggressive player at the table, try making a bet that invites a call, then fold and let them tear each other apart; while this is rarely a highly effective tactic, the bet needs to be tempting—not just a measly handful of chips.
 
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