Andreas
01-24-2003, 03:31 PM
How should you play when you have a very loose player at the table. Many of the concepts from TPFAP seem less applicable then.
A few nights ago I was playing a limit tourney where there was this very loose player. Somehow he had amassed a large stack and was the chipleader at the table.
My stack was in somewhat trouble. In the 10 big blind neighbourhood. No need for immediate action but the blinds are eating away fairly quickly.
Anyway, the loose player was limping or raising almost every pot. I think he saw at least 90% of the flops and the often called with little or nothing after the flop. My strategy was to wait for a "big" hand and then try to double up. Obviosly a big hand vs. this player is somewhat different then a big hand vs. a normal player. Against him I considered AT+ and 88+ to be big hands.
Is this the correct strategy? It felt somewhat weak-tight at the time. Especially since the blinds was eating away at my stack fairly fast.
Comments appreciated, Andreas
A few nights ago I was playing a limit tourney where there was this very loose player. Somehow he had amassed a large stack and was the chipleader at the table.
My stack was in somewhat trouble. In the 10 big blind neighbourhood. No need for immediate action but the blinds are eating away fairly quickly.
Anyway, the loose player was limping or raising almost every pot. I think he saw at least 90% of the flops and the often called with little or nothing after the flop. My strategy was to wait for a "big" hand and then try to double up. Obviosly a big hand vs. this player is somewhat different then a big hand vs. a normal player. Against him I considered AT+ and 88+ to be big hands.
Is this the correct strategy? It felt somewhat weak-tight at the time. Especially since the blinds was eating away at my stack fairly fast.
Comments appreciated, Andreas