4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Rochester Hills, MI
Posts: 1,720
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This is my favorite type of player to play against heads up (passive player that's bordering on being a calling station - just tighter). Almost always kill them. Its the crazy aggressive ones that give me a hard time.
I still raise preflop against them on the button with any good / great / monster hand, and the same amount with each, on the same blind level. I don't raise preflop on complete blind steals, because they're likely to call, and I barely ever raise on the BB, since they have position on me (and since they always bet when they have the hand, position will give you tons of info). On the BB, I almost always check fold to these players when the blinds are small and I've missed the flop.
So, you're making the pots bigger when you have position, and have good or better hole cards, with your preflop raises. Since they only bet when they have it, and never bet big, unless you have a monster don't raise them. If you have a very good hand, just call them down.
If they don't lead out on the flop when you have the button, whether you hit the flop or not, I think you should make it nearly automatic to back up your preflop raises on the button with a flop bet, since you said they fold a lot and also bet when they have the hand. If they fold, you just won a much bigger pot than they are usually winning on your BB, due to your preflop raise.
If they call or bet on the flop, slow way down, and fold to a bet if you don't have a pair or draw or maybe two overs (since they'll usually be betting small enough for you to have correct pot odds to call if you preflop raised). Also, the semi-bluffs on the flop are nice because even if they don't fold, you will 9 times out of 10 get the option to get the free river card after they check to you on the turn.
The key against this type of player is don't get too aggressive. Bluff if they check on the flop, since they don't check raise and they lead out when they have the hand. But other than that, you shouldn't be backing up a flop bluff with a turn bluff, etc. They have you beat if they called, and they aren't likely to lay it down.
And position is huge, like I said. Raise on the button / SB, don't raise without a killer hand on the BB, especially since you said they never preflop raise. You're trapping yourself out of position with an inferior hand if you do this regularly.
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