Having recent trouble against an opponent in HU NLHE. Studying charts and strategy against LAG just isn't enough, as this villain is more agro and maniac than average LAG. This Villain opens btn anywhere from 5x - 7x bb 100% of time. Rarely (roughly 15%) folds to 3 bets. In bb Villain 3 bets to roughly 9bb (never flats) and will call majority of 4bets.

I've tightened my opening ranges considerably, and have resorted to opening the btn with hands I will NOT fold to a 3bet (since villain 3 bets 100%). My current btn open is 3x bb. And I try to 4 bet all value hands, although villain still calls these at above optimal frequency. My 4 bet sizing is usually 2.5x -3x previous raise.

Any ideas or resources to help with this are greatly appreciated. Trying to only play value hands leads to tiny opening ranges that I know I will 4 bet. And my bb flatting range is nearly 0%, as I'm either 3 betting or folding since villains opens are so large and postflop aggression is so High I try to avoid playing OOP. Thanks!

What about limping some hands?

I haven't tried personally, but I have seen other players do this against him heads up and he never checks back, instead he makes it anywhere from 5-10x bb.

Wait...he 3bets 100%?

Where i can play this guy?

Yes. On a private pokerbros club. DM me if you want info.

If this player win with this play a lot- it can be a superuser. So be careful.

+1

Fairly certain it is not a superuser. Player uses chat function and will needle/troll.

Often chat usage it is one of the characteristics of superusers.
U can look thru my post about my experience vs superusers in this year:
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...=#post56724728

Okay nice. I have this dude's cell number tho. But definitely something to keep an eye out for. Appreciate it!

Tighten button opening range. minraise button. Widen 4bet value range. Don't 3bet too much from SB, stick to playable hands since it's harder to play a maniac OOP. This player sounds very exploitable but it will take some patience and stick to your strategy. And prepare for variance

3bet or fold against 5x range is not good btw. You can flat some hands that play well with a large stock to pot ratio like big paint cards. Be prepared to slowplay/flat big hands sometimes and be prepared for the variance since you might get "drawn out" occasionally by slowplaying

Alright, still struggling against this guy, but feeling like a decent amount may be variance, as my sample size is maybe 2000 hands and I've had a few run of coolers. Villain usually has 150bb-250bb stack and hero is 100bb minimum.

When hero is bb: So villain opens 99% of his btn's to 4-5x bb. What should be my flatting/3betting range?
I was playing roughly 35 to 40percent of my hands. So basically 22+ A2o+, K4o+, Q9o+, JTo+, 9Ts+, J8s+, Q5s+, K2s+ and A2s+.

I'm 3 betting just 8% of my hands, so AJo+, ATs+, and 88+.

So when hero is BB, is flatting range okay? should 3betting range be higher?

Villain makes large opens, but is rather passive post flop. cbets roughly 45-50% of time?

Any obvious errors here? This obviously doesnt include hero's btn hands.

Your flatting range shouldn't really be any different than if Villain was opening a normal 2.5x. The open size doesn't matter that much, what matters is V's range, which is 100%. If Villain is opening 5x with 53o, you shouldn't fold T9o. Especially since Villain isn't cbetting that aggressively on flops.

Why are you tightening your 3betting range against a 100% open? If anything you should be increasing it beyond the standard 20%. I would just 3! a linear 25%, all broadway hands, suited Ax, definitely 55+. Villain is either going to have to fold too much and/or play bloated pots with a weak range.

I agree with muttiah's suggestions above for the most part. Definitely open less from BTN and 4b a LOT more. You should be 4betting for value with a hand like ATo, KQo, and bluff 4b all your A2o-A5o. I don't agree at all with 3betting less. We are sacrificing a lot of EV not punishing the 100% open with a wide value 3b range. 2k hands is nothing. Embrace the variance.

Probe turns and rivers aggressively vs. V's 100% open and low flop cbet %.