when they keep hitting the flop...

[asofel]

I played a friend the other night some really cheap headsup limit. He admitting to having never played before. He knows I play, but he likes to gamble.

I couldn't beat him. He rarely folds and knows enough of when to raise. He also bluffs randomly. Without knowing it, he was really hard to play against. That, combined with the fact that he hit the flop like a champion, made it really hard to win.

His short term luck was just that, and i'm fine with that. But I've realized that I depend on people making folds too much. I'm too aggressive and this hurts against these types of opponents.

I know I should tighten up, bluff less, value bet more. Doing this effectively has proved difficult, especially if my opponents can feel the change and start betting into me relentlessly.

Are there other general tactics you use when it seems like they're on a hot streak? I want to get to showdown more with mediocre hands rather than pushing them, but getting too passive headsup is death...

I know this is fairly general and probably pretty simplistic, but I really want to make sure I'm not missing some obvious changes that one should make...