How to handle extreme bluffers

[DickieBets]

Hi,

Recently I've encountered not one, but two extreme bluffers in $5.50 SitnGos - who when it got to 5 players left would call any bet/raise to the river and then go all in. It was done so frequently that it was obvious and in fact one guy kept showing his cards. This, of course , would be great if I had gotten a great hand , but the times I was involved I'd have something like middle pair or top pair with a bad kicker .

I encounter this alot in heads up - but I find it's easier to deal with in heads up and it's almost always beneficial for me in those cases.

After I figured out what they were doing I really didn't want to play anything but good hands, even giving up my SB - which I hate doing in the late stages of a SitnGo. I really felt at a disadvantage being forced to change my syle of play.

Any ideas of how to handle this. ? In hind sight all I'd have had to do is call one of his all-ins - but it's not so easy when being eliminated from a game, you are capable of winning, hinges upon middle pair.

I can only think of two ways :

1. Grimace and call one of his all-ins with a sub-par hand?
2. Sit back and and wait?

Martin

[zarry]

Number 2

[LeFou]

This type of player is counting on big pots at the right time to keep them alive. Keep the pots small when you're in 'em. Opp will either
-win hisher big pots off someone else
-lose it all to someone (no reason it couldn't be you) who catches the nuts

[Fnord]

bet flop
check/raise turn
cackle with glee as the floater gets owned

No fucking way I fold top-pair-wtf-is-a-kicker to these clowns.

[Rondavu]

No fucking way I fold top-pair-wtf-is-a-kicker to these clowns.

I laughed

[GatorJH]

get to the flop as cheaply as possible and when the flop hits you (even with middle pair), beat him to death with a check/raise or even a check/push if you are strong enough.

[gabe]

also, bluff the river yourself because they usually arent capable of bluff raising in that spot