Playing an opponent who will always Raise with the Ace door card

[BeerMoney]

I believe this is a question Dynasty asked as like his first post, but that was before my time.

I don't think I've come across this too much, but there are a coupla players on party who are more than happy to complete like 90% of the time with the high card on 3rd. (If no one else has yet entered the pot, I believe they are more likely to do this.)

But, for those of you with more experience, how have you handled such a player? And, if this is hard to handle, why doesn't everybody employ such a strategy. (Which will obviously be much more successful at a tight table.. blah blah..)

[Spladle Master]

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But, for those of you with more experience, how have you handled such a player?

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Obviously it depends on what I have and the cards that are out. But in general it's a lot like dealing with a maniac in hold 'em. Isolate and punish him.

[beta1607]

agreed - once you play back at them a couple times they tend to settle down. Also, you will know if you fall behind a lot of the time as they make open pairs etc.

[BeerMoney]

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But in general it's a lot like dealing with a maniac in hold 'em. Isolate and punish him.

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It's really not though. They're not raising everyhand, and they could have a decent hand even when they do not have aces, but some other hand like a 3 flush, or a smaller pair.

[mscags]

Run then cry

[beta1607]

If the player is raising every Ace and there are no other Aces out it is only about 20% that the person has AA I believe so the correct play against their range of hands is to punish them. Remember you will likely also have the advantage of acting last on future rounds of betting.

[Andy B]

If you have a pair that you intend to play against him, raise to get it heads-up unless you're in a game where people just don't fold. If heads-up, give him some rope and see what he does with it.

[BeerMoney]

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If you have a pair that you intend to play against him, raise to get it heads-up unless you're in a game where people just don't fold. If heads-up, give him some rope and see what he does with it.

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The reason why ask this because I noticed a player tilting the other night.. This is typically harder to notice in an online game... He wasn't megatilting or anything. But he raise with a K up, and I almost came over the top with a 636. The problem was the bring in was fishy, and may not be cooperative to my 2-bet. As well as the fact that I wasn't crazy about battling it out with 636. It turned out the raiser was full of it and I wish I made the "gutsy" play.

[Spladle Master]

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But in general it's a lot like dealing with a maniac in hold 'em. Isolate and punish him.

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It's really not though. They're not raising everyhand, and they could have a decent hand even when they do not have aces, but some other hand like a 3 flush, or a smaller pair.

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It really is though. Hold 'em maniacs aren't raising every hand, and they could have a decent hand even when they do not have aces, but some other hand like big suited cards or a smaller pair.

Sorry for being a smartass, but c'mon, this is common sense. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Spladle Master]

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If you have a pair that you intend to play against him, raise to get it heads-up unless you're in a game where people just don't fold. If heads-up, give him some rope and see what he does with it.

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