HU: Defense against min-raise every hand

[minwoo]

In a HU tourney, what is your approach/defense against an opponent who min-raises every hand on the button?

[smcannon]

Wait for a decent hand, then push. Also, pick up an aggressive pace yourself. If you just let him beat you out of all your blinds you might as well just call it quits. Every one of his hands can't be good.

If you pick up an aggressive pace, you might just get a chance to see the flop. Odds are though, from my experience, aggression vs aggression = all in fest.

[Newt_Buggs]

unless he's super loose he's shooting himself in the foot. You don't need a good hand, just reraise all in once you realize what he is doing and steal 3BB with no showdown.

[Moonsugar]

Waiting for a big hand and pushing is really bad. You need to play almost every hand. Whether you call or raise depends on lots of things.

Edit: Sklansky goes into this situation a lot in his books.

[Rolen]

I use that tactic (min raise every button) heads up in cash games + SNGs and do well out of it, and i'll tell you this much : If you call at all, you're playing right into my hands.

[minwoo]

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I use that tactic (min raise every button) heads up in cash games + SNGs and do well out of it, and i'll tell you this much : If you call at all, you're playing right into my hands.

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So what move would I need to make to offset your strategy? Re-raise every hand? (not re-raise all-in)

[JC21]

Bump.

I am interested in both the effectiveness and the defense against this strategy.

[minwoo]

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Bump.

I am interested in both the effectiveness and the defense against this strategy.

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[hummusx]

This is really not that hard, especially early on. If he really is raising 100% of the time, and it's only a minraise, all he's done is doubled the stakes for each hand. You still have all the power in this situation.

[flyby4553]

He's done more than raise the stakes. He puts you in a situation where if you call your on the defensive every hand. In a cash game you can just move in with a halfway decent hand and most of the time you'll take it down. In a tournament/SNG I think you need to tighten up a bit more but still just take the aggression away from him by pushing and eventually he'll be forced to let up or he's going to fold away his entire stack.