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Originally Posted by e1cnr
So what is your new strategy for 'super aggressive' players?
Well, it depends. As a rule of thumb, I took
- call more instead of folding
- raise more instead of calling
- getin somewhat lighter
This is because medium hands are stronger against a villain that bets often and strong with a wide range.
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I find different categories of 'super aggressive' players
- nut peddlers -> when they have (or good chance) of scoop, start potting
- late position stealers -> after flop if everyone checks, start potting
- nice starting hand -> start potting early and keep going
- good high, low not made yet -> start potting after flop, keep going until low
I chose the word super-agressive in lack of a better description. From the label alone it's not clear, what I'm meaning. It wasn't even that clear to myself. From the discussion I think "overplaying" and "betting too thin" are more appropriate terms to descripe the specific playstyle.
The player here, does all his bets for value unlike what you'd expect, when coining "super-aggressiveness", where a player also semibluffs and bluffs a lot.
I wouldn't label a player that bets his hand (your example 1) or steals at a normal rate (your example 2) as super-aggressive.
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You will slowly lose your stack if you check/call, check/call, check/call on draws or 2nd/3rd nut one way hands.
I think, tournament poker is a different kind of beast and haven't really had problems with aggressive players in MTTs all that much. It may take a while, but eventually I find a hand and that's usually the end of it. Also tournament poker tends to be shortstacked after a while, which often reduces the problem to getin/fold flop.