Re: How to beat a player who seems lucky....
We've all had players whom we feel are our nemesis who always seem to beat us no matter what. There are usually a few big hands that stand out in our memory where they took the worst of it and sucked out, taking "our" big pot from our grasp.
People do run good or bad. That can't be denied. But when the last hand is over, the next one begins. To get the money, you have to play your best poker each and every hand. To avoid a particular player because he's "lucky," or to try to play against another because he's "unlucky" is -EV.
There are also some players who seem to be taking the worst of it all the time, but if you look at their play closely, they're not playing as badly as we might think. If this guy wins every time, he must be doing at least some things right. Luck is usually the residue of design.
Post a hand or two or three in the appropriate forum where you play against him and he gets lucky. See what the forum thinks about his play. If he is indeed just running good, this too shall pass.
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