Ok, so as I've stated, it's been a while since I've played poker and since I've "restarted" I've been playing micro limits (bankroll management and all) and I've come across a situation I haven't seen in a while and completely forgot how to play it.

I sit down at a micro limit table and there is one guy (two seats to my right) who is raising PF every hand. He is also fairly aggressive post flop. In this situation do you:

A) loosen up your starting hand requirements, ignoring his raises and counting his money as dead money in the pot beccause he has and will raise 72o as easily as AKs. Hopeing that you can out play him (and out luck him) post flop.

B) Don't change your starting hand requirements, which in effect causes you to tighten up significantly because now you know that every hand you can only play the hands that you would normally play to a raise.

C) Play his raises like you would play a normal players limps.

D) Change tables (not a real option because you know you should be able to take his stack given enough time).

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PS: this guy reminded me of the way Bonch used to play micro limits, for those of you who remember him...

I like tightening ugainst these guys. When you get in make sure you can 3-bet for isolation and then punish him.

I know these guys are profitable to play against, but if you loosen up you are going to have a very swingy session. Don't forget that there are other people at the table. If you drop your starting hand requirements you will often find yourself caughy in a sandwich between the lunatic and a good player with weak hands, not a great way to play winning poker.

MT's line of thinking goes along with mine here... Another thing to consider is how the rest of the table behind you is acting... If they're not calling a lot of his raises I'd consider 3 betting a little lighter (hands like KQ for example) to try and isolate him. If people are just falt calling him a lot I think flat callng him with good multiway hands would be a better plan.

The big key IMO is how the rest of the table is reacing to him... If they're just letting him run over the table, I'd 3 bet more to get them out. If they understand what he's doing and just passively calling all his rases it makes the decision a little different.

Well, I tightened up quite a bit (went from a 21%vpip normal to 13vpip for that session) and I took a bath. Lost a little over 40bb while I was at that table. the biggest loss was to the maniac when I my AQs (flopped top pair) got cracked by A8o and I played it a very aggressive because he was such a maniac...it happens. It was all I could do not to tilt out after that game....

I felt i had played it right and honestly believe that I would have come out ahead had he stayed at the table longer (we only had 80 hand together) but I have his name and will keep looking for him )

Raise.

Didn't read the question. Just the generic (and usually correct answer IMHO) to any limit question is to raise.

it was never 5+ handed. apparently, everybody knew what he was like and the vast majoriy of people were folding.

Yes I was folding low suited connectors and any other hand SSHE recommended i folded for a tight game. Over a year ago, I would have handled this guy and not thought twice about it. Playing poker isn't like riding a bike. If you stop, you lose it

I know my hand count is a very small sample size, but my mind set was tighter (regardless of what cards I was given). I knew, regardless of what position I was in compared to the maniac, he was going to raise. I only played hands that I could play against a raise and he ended up sucking out on me most of the hands we bumped heads on...

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