How do you adjust your play against an aggressive player?

I’ve been thinking about this lately. When someone at the table is constantly 3-betting, c-betting and putting pressure on almost every street, I sometimes find it difficult to decide when to fight back and when to simply let a hand go.
How do you guys adjust against this type of player?
Do you prefer:



Calling lighter and letting them bluff?

• 4-betting more often?
• Tightening up and waiting for stronger hands?
• Or attacking them with more raises post-flop?

Would be interested to hear how experienced players approach this, especially in low-stakes NLHE cash games.

Playing tight also sometimes loosing range

You often encounter these types of players at micro-stakes. They have a VPIP of 50–80% and frequently get very lucky early in the tournament. I try to play a tight-aggressive style against them: I play strong pairs very aggressively, aiming to stack them, and I also play small pairs to hunt for sets, cold-calling their subsequent bets.

For cash.....
Tighten a bit a bit and don't be afraid to stack off with top pair good kicker or even 2nd best pair good kick on a dryish looking board. I mean it's actually hard to hit flops in poker so chances are if you started with the best hand or flopped 2nd best pair good kicker that's a monster playing an aggressive villain with a VPIP of 40+. I've called off with any pair against such villains and won or at least well ahead when the money went in. I won't regularly call of with any pair thou gotta really know your villain. Even then sometimes you're just going to be wrong and look really silly if you know playing that way and the swings it will create will affect you mentality don't play that way and tighten up how strong a hand you're willing to stack off with against such villains. Any 2 pair on a dry board or non-paired board is a good choice to stack off with and I'd consider it also a monster against such a villain.

When out of position ........Another thing I do is let the donkey pull the cart up the hill it's easier then you trying to push the donkey up the hill(and potentially having him fold). By that I mean when you got a monster or flop a monster......CHECK.......let him bet and be aggressive. Just call the flop bet............CHECK the turn.........he loves betting and being aggressive let him do his thing. Only re-raise him on the river which by then likely gives him no choice but too call cause most his stack is already in there. When in position you wanna just call his raises don't re-raise and try to push the donkey up the hill that's just giving him a chance to fold which you don't want when you have a monster. Again only re-raise him on the river with your monster.

For MTT's.....
Pretty much the same just a bit more careful as I don't re-buy where as in cash I will re-buy/re-load.

Cheers!!!

Patience only and check with small amount of chips what is he playing with to set a trap, wait for youre time dont play his game, play yore own game. 😉

sit back and watch, pick your moment and then attack

sundeck12 said:

I’ve been thinking about this lately. When someone at the table is constantly 3-betting, c-betting and putting pressure on almost every street, I sometimes find it difficult to decide when to fight back and when to simply let a hand go.
How do you guys adjust against this type of player?
Do you prefer:



Calling lighter and letting them bluff?

• 4-betting more often?
• Tightening up and waiting for stronger hands?
• Or attacking them with more raises post-flop?

Would be interested to hear how experienced players approach this, especially in low-stakes NLHE cash games.

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If someone is very active/agressive and constantly 3-betting you, it is all about your BBs. If you are playing very deep I would be induced to play more against an over agressive wide 3-bet / high VPIP player. But if you have around 20-25bb just fold and wait your spots.

You can avoid them a little, wait strongef holdings and lay the trap, or come back with a 4-bet.

If you are deep just open small, see if the 3-bet gives you good pot odds/call equity. Then try and realize your equity as much as possible, check/calls. And if the boards dont hit and you have to give up a lot either give up or play strong. But this is also a lot of postflop experience, if you are less experienced I would advise to wait on good hands and let them pay you off.

sundeck12 said:

I’ve been thinking about this lately. When someone at the table is constantly 3-betting, c-betting and putting pressure on almost every street, I sometimes find it difficult to decide when to fight back and when to simply let a hand go.
How do you guys adjust against this type of player?
Do you prefer:



Calling lighter and letting them bluff?

• 4-betting more often?
• Tightening up and waiting for stronger hands?
• Or attacking them with more raises post-flop?

Would be interested to hear how experienced players approach this, especially in low-stakes NLHE cash games.

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play tight always agains agresive players

Hi,
When that happens to me, I don't play just any hand; I wait until I have what I think is a winning hand. I do test the waters with a small 4-bet, though, and once it's just me and him left, I pretty much call any 3-bet he makes.

sundeck12 said:

Tenho pensado nisso ultimamente. Quando alguém na mesa está constantemente fazendo 3-bets, c-bets e pressionando em quase todas as ruas, às vezes acho difícil decidir quando revidar e quando simplesmente desistir da mão.
Como vocês se adaptam a esse tipo de jogador?
Você prefere:



Apostar mais leve e deixar que eles blefem?

• Apostar 4-bet com mais frequência?
• Apertando os músculos e esperando por mãos mais fortes?
• Ou atacá-los com mais aumentos pós-flop?

Gostaria de saber como jogadores experientes abordam essa situação, especialmente em jogos a dinheiro de NLHE com apostas baixas.

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In micro tournaments you find a lot of aggressive players, at the beginning of the tournament I try to play more safely and conservatively, and after the middle of the tournament I start to aggressively attack them a little