Hi all,

I have a question ... and especially for those such as Felonious and Stoneberg who are pretty experienced with this sort of thing. My question is 2 parts ...

Background: I'm watching a player who's strategy is this:
PFR: 29%
Flop Strategy: Bet the Pot if checked to / Fold if re-raised (other than when he has it)

It's obviously frustrating to play against this guy ... but I have to say that he's successful just through sheer aggression. My PT stats are pretty low sample size right now as I just had to reset everything .... but that's basically it.

The thing is ... he is very loose aggressive ... but he never takes it far enough to wipe himself out ... and when someone does play back at him ... he'll either fold early as possible ... or stack you.

So the questions are: 1) Is this a good strategy at micro-limit? He's one of the top winners that I can see
2) How do you defend against this type of player? I came back at him with AAxx twice and lost both stacks ... hard to instill fear and respect with that kind of performance

Anyway ... any ideas on this would be helpful

Thanks!

The oppo in this hand was a certified maniac with stats/style quite similar to what you described. I only have one hh at my disposal right now since I'm at work but I can post some more when I get home if I don't get too drunk seeing as it is friday. Anyway this strategy might work vs a guy like that:

Poker Stars
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
7 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $71.10
UTG+1: $28.55
MP1: $131.30
CO: $248.15
Hero: $498.60
SB: $64.75
BB: $100

Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is Button with
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 raises to $4.5, CO folds, Hero calls, SB calls, BB folds, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: ($19, 4 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 bets $18.05, Hero calls, 2 folds.

Turn: ($55.1, 2 players)
MP1 bets $52.4, Hero calls.

River: ($159.9, 2 players)
MP1 is all-in $56.35, Hero calls.

MP1 shows (a pair of Fours)

Results:
Final pot: $272.6

What was a bit ironic was that in this hand he actually HAD a very good draw but he'd take this line with AKQJr on this board as well (or 99xx too obv but that is the risk you take playing vs a guy like this)