Aggression

[soah]

I feel like I play pretty aggressive. I'm certain I'm more aggressive than a typical player (and I have stats to support it). I like to bet. If I have more than four outs I'll bet into any number of opponents on the flop. I take stabs at uncontested pots.

But I don't raise much (postflop). Especially in position. Especially heads up in raised pots. When someone bets a reasonable amount, I just call. If they keep betting on future streets I give them credit for a hand and see how mine compares. If they stop betting, then (usually) I'll start betting for them. Sometimes people will trick me and checkraise. But that's not too much of a threat to me because sometimes I just take a free card with my draws (especially if I have a little something I can showdown unimproved) and sometimes I'll have the nuts. And with a marginal hand I can get away somewhat cheaply after such a display of strength. And against known tricky/aggressive players I can wait until the river to see if they've still checked again. (Players who raise preflop, bet the flop, check the turn, and then check the river again seem to fold far more than what I'd expect... I feel like my river bluffs are completely transparent here, but they have actually been pretty effective.)

So in place of semi-bluff raises, I end up doing a lot of delayed semi-bluffs and other weird stuff like that. Against typical players I still end up picking up quite a few pots when my opponent gives up, but my aggression doesn't really kick in until they have shown weakness. Against LAgs however, I am always on the defensive since they are perfectly willing to fire more barrels at me and my hands are usually marginal. They keep all the pressure on me and I don't put much pressure on them. This is bad.

Discuss.