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Old 03-13-2010, 04:37 AM
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Default Please help me beat this lagtard

Over last few days ive been battling this guy HU,one table 2/4, he is god damn awful and yet my normal logical play cant beat him.
He is insanely aggressive 3 betting every Ace rag+, every Q9o+ and 66+

He bets pot pot pot every time he has a good hand, he barrels pot everydraw that is gutterball+ to the river, barrels overcards like there is no tomorrow and happily turns made hands into bluffs with complete randomness

If i 4 bet him a lot he then calls and check shoves any pair for 100bbs or if we are deep he will 5bet click it back with any two, if i start to really tighten up he then plays more passive and take hands to showdown a lot more

I know his ranges are so unbalanced in so many spots, mainly because i know he checks back a2 on AQ8 which led me to CR bluffing him a bit more but apart from that im not sure how to combat his aggression, ive also started min raising the BTN but when he goes pot pot pot it makes little difference

Someone please help me with taking on this spewtard, it seems he has so many balancing / bet sizing leaks but his rampant aggression confuses me so much its hard to think properly when 500bbs deep in a crazy hu match, i just seem to be losing too many medium sized pots from trying to take medium strength hands to showdown.

Common eg : When i call a 3bet with hands like 109s and flop comes 1073, should i raise flop knowing every T card is bad for my hand?I struggle with these decisions the deeper i get

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Old 03-13-2010, 05:56 PM
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Default Re: Please help me beat this lagtard

post some hh so we can get an idea of what he does...
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Old 03-14-2010, 03:05 AM
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Default Re: Please help me beat this lagtard

Agree, post a few hands.

In general though, some suggestions
- tighten up your opening range. he probably won't adjust his 3-bet range that much, thus he's reraising into a stronger range of yours. This means you have to raise/fold less often, which makes you less exploitable to his 3-betting strategy.
- start limping good hands that aren't playable in 3-bet pots (T9o, A4o, etc) and see how he reacts.
- 4-bet wider for value. AT+/pairs/KQo are all good hands. Start 4-bet shoving if 100bb if he's always calling 4-bets. See how he adjusts to this.
- don't make weak calls on the flop. Be ready to fold EARLY in the hand or take your hand right to showdown.
- play draws very aggressively since he's bluffing/semibluffing sooo often
- play top pair+ very slowly for same reason
- call 3-bets more often and raise/shove flops that are likely to miss him
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