Coping with the Big Stck Bully

[baldballs1]

hi tkay

         against aggressive peole like that if i wer 1st to act i wud ov limped if he had ov raised then wud ov stuck it in,if he is playing rubbish hands its gonna make him think u hav a monster,if you do get to see a flop cheap thats fine then you can raise or fold after flop if u think ur still ahead then bet at him,let him make ur bets for you,think u just bit unlucky he on this time did have a hand proberbly 8 ot of 10 he was playing rubbish,

[tikay]

Thanks Baldy.

Truth is, I needed to get lucky to beat him. He had a mountain of chips, & was happy to put them in every hand, time after time, & I just don't have the skillset to deal with that situation. The fact is, I needed a bigger stack - then he would not have played the way he did. And it's getting the bigger stack that is my problem - I am almost always the low stack at the sharp end of tourneys, as my middle-to end game is weak. But my overall game is sufficiently adequate such that I can dodge the bullets & go deep in more tourneys than not.

Yesterday was typical. In the $250 Freeze I exited 7th of 35, in the $100 High Stack I ended up 6th or 7th of 100+, & in the big $100 rebuy, 18th I think from 200+ for $344. My Live Record is the same, as you will see if you check out my Results on a Poker Database. (Tony Kendall). Loads & loads of Festival Finals, 30 odd in the last 2 or 3 years, but very few wins.

I just seem to "freeze" at the two thirds distance.

[baldballs1]

as long as your making money thats the main,i suffer same trouble but in not as high stakes as you play,cos in middle to late stages im not prepeared to play rubbish like some ov them do,or my worst senarior is i make a bluff wiv rubbish and get re raised by sum wiv the nuts lol,i had it other day and the lad to my right was well chipped and everytime it was my bb he was raiseing i no he carnt hav a hand everytime but its getting enough in yours to warrent a call or re raise,

[stallyon]

some very interesting points. how about this to ponder on. How do you play against a guy that moves all in post flop when he hasnt actually looked at his cards!!! his pre-flop play is to flat call the bet or any raise and then move all-in post flop regardless of the board.

this happened to me last night in a live game. held A-10 and limped with 4 players left. hit 2 pair on the flop to face an all-in move. you'd think call every time here but the 2 cards he had hit the straight and that was goodnight from me.

[matt674]

How do you play against a guy that moves all in post flop when he hasnt actually looked at his cards!!! his pre-flop play is to flat call the bet or any raise and then move all-in post flop regardless of the board.

I find a different casino/card room where the players take the game seriously and play there instead.......

[Royal Flush]

How do you play against a guy that moves all in post flop when he hasnt actually looked at his cards!!! his pre-flop play is to flat call the bet or any raise and then move all-in post flop regardless of the board.

I find a different casino/card room where the players take the game seriously and play there instead.......

I stay and make a killing!