Playing online poker against a very loose aggressive player

Here’s another poker story from Mr.Micro:

Last night I was playing texas hold’em against a very loose aggressive player. This player, let’s call him the “Aggro Monkey”, had been at the table for quite a while and I never really saw him bluff with complete air. It just seemed like the Aggro Monkey was a really bad player and therefore overplayed every time he had a pair or a draw.

Later that night I looked down at two pretty ladies. I was the big blind and this was just the type of hand I had been waiting for. Now all I needed was for the Aggro Monkey sitting directly to my right to do something stupid. Online poker at this level often has a lot of these really bad players, so I was used to the situation.

The player under the gun started by raising 3,5 big blind’s. The Aggro Monkey instantly raised it to 11 bb’s, I re-raised to 31bb’s, the original raiser under the gun folded and the Aggro Monkey called. This was perfect for me, I had position and I knew I had the best hand at the moment because the Aggro Monkey definitely would have shoved my re raise if he had AK, AA or KK.

The flop was Ks 2s 8d. The Aggro Monkey thought for some time before he checked. I saw this as weakness. I knew the Aggro Monkey would have bet a flush draw, and definitely a king so I checked behind, because my opponent was so aggressive that I wanted to set a trap.

The turn was the five of spades, so the board looked like this: Ks 2s 8d 5s. Now the Aggro Monkey did exactly what I thought he would. He instantly made a bet for all his money, all in. Even though I didn’t have a spade, and the board looked quite scary, I felt sure that the best hand I was up against was a flush draw, or a small pair and a flush draw, and therefore I called.

The Aggro Monkey showed 9s9h, the river was a blank and I took home a big pot. It was definitely worth the wait!

It’s hard playing pocket pairs when there are over cards and flush draws on the board. But if you can read your opponent by his style and betting pattern, it definitely makes it easier to take the right decisions.

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