Dealing with Super Aggressive Limit Holdem Players

25 Aug, 2008 - Posted by Dan Brown in Limit Holdem

Did you ever get the feeling when playing Limit Hold’em that no matter how well you play and how bad your opponents are, still they get rewarded from time to time for hyper-aggressive badplay? One common thing that players think is that, it is easier to beat a good player than a bad player. While this may be true in specific hand against a player who folds, you won profits that are almost the profit that you would have when playing against players chasing the two-outer. This means that you would surely want as many poor decision-making players at your Poker Games table as possible.

You may not win the pot often but when you do, it will be much larger. The key to dealing with your opponents is by managing your play tactfully. There are various situations in which you will be pushed to play against hyper aggressive players. Let’s take a look at some main points you would want to consider.

If you are playing in a tight table in Online Poker or live games, and there is one player playing madly and raising the majority of hands, you will possibly prefer playing hands cautiously such as small pairs and any suited connectors. This is because you are not always going to have enough players in the pot to go for odds and call 2 bets. If you get dealt with non-paired big hands, this is going to be a super strong hold with hyper-aggressive players. But, you should also remember that other players on the table will be playing solid as well. You surely would not want to end up with a weak hand after the flop and be trapped out of position against another better player.

It does not however mean that if you are good in playing differently against maniacs, you are also good in doing so with other players on the Poker Room. If you are dealt with a premium hand, you surely would want to try and isolate against the maniac. Treat a big hand as an opportunity to re-raise and gain as many of the idiots chips as possible.

In case that you are in Poker Tournaments and you are sitting with maniacs, one smart move you can make is to sport a different approach as this will bring trouble to your opponents. The swings that you make at the take will be large but if you are a good player, your swings should be up. At a crazy table, you must prevent as much as possible marginal drawing hands. If you are near getting pot odds, fold, you will surely save much of your funds.

During instances that you are in a table full of maniacs or hyper-aggressive players and you get dealt with suited connector hand or even a medium pair, they become much stronger. This is possible since your implied odds are very high. The moment you hit your hand, just expect that it would not work quite as well as usual. If the board gets frightening, dump the hand without second thoughts. In limit hold em, this will allow you to save much of your money.

Another thing you should keep in mind is your table image. Surely you don’t want to give an impression as a too tight player and allow them to do all the betting. You must find the right spots to execute it. Good players can win at any tables, against any type of players, and at any Poker Rooms, and this is the level you surely would want to get to.

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