[Monty Cantsin]

I think you have to define the problem more clearly.

Maybe you are confusing annoying for unprofitable. It can be annoying to play against someone who is check-raising too often, but it's definitely not unprofitable.

Always betting every hand with showdown value isn't the answer for a couple of reasons:

- the chronic check-raiser is giving you free cards with his strong hands, if you never take them you aren't punishing him enough.

- if he's chronically bluffing rivers after you check the turn then you want to keep giving him that opportunity.

But you know all this... so what is the real problem?

Maybe part of the key to understanding the problem is your comment that you don't have the "balls" to call him down after a checkraise.

It's easy to fall into the habit of emotionalizing these situations - in fact for recreational players it's a big part of the fun - but if you're just looking to get the most profit out of each situation then you can't afford to think this way. A checkraise isn't a personal attack on you, it isn't an affront to your authority or a test of your courage, even though that's often exactly what it feels like.

Try to view it as something completely neutral, like a mushroom. You're a scientist that studies fungus, oh look, here's one... is it edible? is it poisonous? what's it made out of? how rare is it? how valuable?

Just continue to adapt and adjust to these players. There's no magic bullet to kill tricky players: bet, check, fold, or call down based on situation and read, punish them for over-bluffing weak hands and not betting out with their strong hands. You'll get the money.

/mc