Adjusting strategy for the habitual reraiser
 

Situation: 6-8 handed, level 3-4. You are one of the higher middle stacks at the table, but there is one big stack with everyone outchipped by quite a bit. He is in the BB when you are OTB, and in SB when you are in CO.

You frequently in these levels like to open-raise from these positions with a variety of hands that can stand a call but can't really stand a reraise (think around the area of A9s, KJ-KTs, QJs -- that sort of thing). Fairly standard I think

How do you adjust your play when the big stack decides it's his agenda to defend his blinds with a hefty reraise on nearly every steal you make -- and in fact, even defends his button at times. Do you open up your calling ranges for his resteal, or do you just stop stealing? One of the major reasons I do (reasonably) well in the $11s and $22s that I play in is because I get a lot of chips in levels 3-5 stealing blinds. If I am being out-lagged, do I just stop stealing?

Re: Adjusting strategy for the habitual reraiser
 

Start pushing. He can't come over top of a push to get you out of the hand. He has to call, and hurt his stack if he loses. He won't call without the best of hands.

This is a solution.

Not stealing from him is another solution.

Continuing to raise 3xBB is not a solution.

Waiting until you have a very good hand, one that you would want to get all in against him with and pushing against his reraise is another option.

But I like combing pushing more and folding more in this situation, eliminating 3xraises.

Re: Adjusting strategy for the habitual reraiser
 

Yeahh... but I hate open pushing for like 20xBB. Especially into a big stack. It freaks me out.

I guess fold more is an option.

Or just quit getting dealt freakin A9 and KJ on the button when this [censored] won't give me his big blind.

Re: Adjusting strategy for the habitual reraiser
 

Chances also are that if he's doing this often, others will steal from him, and when he tries to resteal, he's going to run into a hand at some point. So, you could just chill until he gets hit, or until he knocks more people out.