Posted Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:46 pm GMT by Rocketlove
This question pertains to a weekly $20 buyin game with 8 of my friends. I finish second, well, every time.
Me: 2500 chips
Him: 3500 chips
Blinds 200-400
The last couple games I faced off with a player I can count on to only play quality hands and folds everything else. This led to me being very aggressive and playing pretty much every hand pre-flop. I would steal several blinds, followed by him re-raising me with a good hand and me folding a garbage hand I was holding or losing a mediocre hand in a desperate attempt to get involved in a pot with him.
He folded pre-flop UTG to my KK, 1010 and also when I flopped a straight and full house. The only way I could get anything from him on my quality hands was to slowplay everything, and even then it was discouraging, dangerous and non-profitable.
By trying to apply pressure, my blind-stealing wasn't keeping up with the hands he would win and gradually I fell behind in chip count. I went all-in with 66 and he flopped trip Aces to end my night.
Should I play this guy tight and just be really patient? How do you extract water from a rock heads up?
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Posted Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:58 pm GMT by MasterShake
You pretty much played it right from what I can tell. You just have to lean on him and take his chips, but respect him when he plays back at you unless you have something really good.
Posted Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:31 pm GMT by JohnnyCache
If he's real tight, you should be able to steal from him plenty with those blinds. Lower your bring-in until you figure out the lowest 'poker tax' he won't play without a good hand, that way you'll get out cheaper.
Examine your play for a reverse checking tell - when you get a hand, do you check it down/bet or raise the minimum all the sudden? A guy does that when he's been stealing every time, it's a dead giveaway.
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