How sound is this strategy?

I play 9 person $6 sngs, so I'm heads up alot. (i wish) I played somebody just now who had an interesting strategy. The blinds were 200/400 and I was leading with around 7.5k to his 5k. Once it got heads up he would min raise to 800 about 85% of the time. When I would complete the blind he would min raise me. When he was in pos. he would do it. I think his strag post flop was to cbet most flops and to double barrow most rivers. But he would only min bet both.

I saw myself after awhile calling with a wider and wider range. And if I hit the board at all or had high card K or A i would stay in the hand until the river. I felt myself not wanting to raise much myself because with my good hands I would limp and call his raise. I eventually lost most of my chips because he had JJ and I called him down with a draw and a high card.

If he was really good he will use this against people like me and not against the ones who use a strag. like his. I just didn't adjust in time... Whats the right way to defend against this?

I think the best way to defend against this is to not let him control the action...if he is raising 85% of the time he cant have a good hand every single time so u need to reraise him and start pressuring him into making decisions...hopefully the wrong ones

minraising almost every button is like standard since you have position
if he's minraising your limps, it's the same as you minraising your button and him calling, right?

the minbetting post-flop is kind of fishy because it gives odds to most hands
but you have to raise a lot more when he minbets because if he has outs against your hand, don't be happy that you're ahead, you have to raise pot so you don't get outdrawn

Keep in mind you're only slightly over 10bb deep. If he minraises every time, you can limp/shove any A and any pair.

if you're leading the table should have an aggressive attitude

i have played against people who do this and the first time it happened to me i thought that he was a joke but the same thing happened to me. then after a while of seeing this type of player i would just fold my small blind unless i had a good hand then limp raise him and most of the time he would fold. and if he did it in my BB then i would call with ok hands to see if i hit the flop or just fold and wait.

Originally Posted by sethmundy

i have played against people who do this and the first time it happened to me i thought that he was a joke but the same thing happened to me. then after a while of seeing this type of player i would just fold my small blind unless i had a good hand then limp raise him and most of the time he would fold. and if he did it in my BB then i would call with ok hands to see if i hit the flop or just fold and wait.

This usually won't work out. By the time you hit your hand, you've donated so many blinds and antes to him that you have to win a lot there to make up for all the times you folded the best hand.
The better option, except against a total maniac is to stay aggressive yourself. Reraise with the top of his opening range, and raise your buttons.

Trying to learn how to play this one myself.

if u are the chip leadderr play aggressive

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