There's a new player in my game that seems to be becoming a reg. I've never seen someone lead so much, and I was hoping to get advice on how to combat this player. Here are a few HHs of him:
1. Tight passive reg has straddle +2, $300 effective.
TAG kid opens HJ $15, loose passive calls SB, villain calls BB, straddle defends +2.
Flop ($60): A
T
4
. Villain leads $45, +2 calls, TAG kid folds.
Turn ($150): 6
. X-x.
River ($150): 2
. Villain bets $85, and +2 calls. Villain has T
9
and his hand is good versus 8
7
.
2. $600 effective, villain has straddle UTG.
Hero opens CO A
3
$20 and only villain calls.
Flop ($43): 4
4
2
. Villain leads $35, hero calls. Is this too light?
Turn ($113): 8
. Villain bets $80, hero folds, and villain shows 2
.
3. $650 effective, Nit has straddle +1.
Tight passive villain limps LJ, hero raises CO $25 A
9
, villain calls UTG, nit defends straddle, LJ calls.
Flop ($103): A
T
5
. Villain leads $75 and only hero calls.
Turn ($253): 7
. Villain bets $150 and hero calls.
River ($553): 3
. Villain bets $150, hero calls. Villain has A
J
. I would've folded the flop versus a good chunk of players, and the turn versus almost everyone, but this guy has been so button clicky that I felt like it would have been too tight.
Anyways, with these three HHs in mind, what adjustments are you making? I hope this isn't too general... Would you defend way wider than normal on the flop, and then fold to turn aggression until he proves he'll fire the turn with marginal hands or worse? I would normally do that, but I feel like HH2 he genuinely just had a pair of 2s. I find it very difficult to play against players who are aggressive and have no clue why they're doing what they're doing
.