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Old 04-19-2005, 02:41 PM     Post subject: Playing the guy who buys in short #1 (permalink)  
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NL has been great for me lately but I'm having a little trouble with those guys that buy in short and keep pushing all in. Any tips for how to play w/ one of these guys?
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I've seen them too. The repeating pattern seems to be that they
pick up a few small pots with risky bets, then either win or lose a
big hand. If they're 'all out' they're gone, but if they double up,
they calm down a little and try to use their maniac table image to
their advantage by playing tighter.

I figure:
  • Note them and their hand frequency, so next time you
    can call their crazy bets with more confidence.

    Try to keep them to your right next time you sit down with them,
    or move seats if possible.

    Check raise, trap, smooth call.

    Move tables.

My thinking with the hyper-aggressive is that they are ignoring table
limits to throw everyone off. If I can make the mental shift that they
are playing a limit or two higher, I can better assess their betting by
their value system rather than the table's limits/value system. I may
not want to play at that higher, adjusted limit, so that's when I chose to move.
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Old 05-02-2005, 04:58 PM #4 (permalink)  
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There's a 1/2 game here in town at which 75% of the table sits down with 50 bucks.

I never sit down with less than 200. It's tasty.
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Old 05-06-2005, 09:00 PM #5 (permalink)  
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I think that's a different kinda thing, Molinero. Those guys are buying short 'cause they're scared and under-bankrolled.

No, these are the JeffreyGBs of the world; buying short is part of a longterm strategy. Like ripptyde in an R&A. eeeee seems to have it about right -- I never looked much into the strategy, but it is playable for profit.
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