How To Beat Aggressive Players heads Up
Playing loose/ aggressive players
Loose and aggressive players are the ones that most new players have the most trouble knowing how to beat heads up. Loose and aggressive players are easy to spot as they are the ones that are constantly punishing your limps with pre flop raises, always applying pressure when you show weakness post flop, chasing all sorts of draws and making big bluffs when they miss.
So how do we play small ball against a player who's constantly building the pot?
The first thing we need to do to help beat loose aggressive players is stop limping in with hands that can't stand a raise. Instead we'll limp in with hands that we are happy to play in a raised pot but maybe not a re raised pot with. hands such as suited connectors, pocket pairs, suited aces, mid to high off suit aces and broadway cards.
Hands that are very playable in position but still can't take a big raise pre flop, hands such as low off suit aces, K9, K8, Q8, J9, those kinds of hands I'd sooner make a small pre flop raise with. The raise doesn't have to be huge, sometimes a min raise or just over is enough just to take the initiative in the hand and give you more options post flop.
One final pre flop point is that with my really strong hands like AA, KK, QQ, JJ etc I like to limp in, fully expecting them to raise my limp and then I'll re raise them pre flop to trap them. If they really are loose/ aggressive, you'll often get called and sometimes shoved on which is great news for you.
Post flop you want to trap loose aggressive players, these are the guys that your slow plays will work best against simply because they love to punish weakness and bluff a lot when you're checking hands, this is one of the ways in which you beat them by adjusting to their style of play. I feel far too many players misuse trapping lines and employ them against the wrong player types just to make them feel more fancy. Truth is that against most opponents a solid ABC poker game will see you good but vs the maniacs
inducing bluffs and making hero calls are going to be more profitable than vs other opponent types.
Heads up matches against loose and aggressive players
$5 HUSNG Vs Aggressive Donk Bettor and min 3 bettor (agro fish)
$30 HUSNG Vs Aggressive Player
$30 HUSNG Vs Aggressive Player 2
$50 Deep Stack HUSNG Vs LAG/ Station Hybrid - Part 1
$50 Deep Stack HUSNG Vs LAG/ Station Hybrid - Part 2
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