I have been looking for a topic for my first post here and unfortunately I have found one.

First a little background on me. I have been playing off and on for a few years now. At one point I worked my way up to 3/6 limit six max but then hit a very major downswing that led to me taking a major amount of time away from the game. Since that time I have attempted more than once to rebuild my bankroll but none of these attempts have lasted very long or been successful. Last night I finally identified one of my glaring weaknesses and now that I have identified it i am asking your help to fix the problem.

Very common scenario: I am at the table and doing OK, maybe up a 1/2 BI or so. The people at the table respect my PF raises and c-bets. Things are going fairly well. The seat one or two to my left opens up and this is when things change. The new person in that seat will now cause me to eventually make some type of really stupid play and most likely I will leave the table busted.

What happens is this, the new guy starts calling every time I raise PF, then if I c-bet he raises every time especially if it is just the 2 of us left. Now I understand that the flop misses him just as often as it misses me. But when I finally make a stand and play back at him he has just enough to win the hand which is usually fairly large after playing back. I have tried switching tables and seats. I have tried waiting for a big hand. I have tried loosening up, all to no avail.

These players are becoming much more prevalent at the tables and I need to know how to combat this type of play. This has been a problem for a long time for me but I used to make money of others so I dd not worry about it. Times have changed. How do I recognize the right time to play back etc., because I am obviously doing it wrong?