We have all been on the table when someone constantly raises on every hand and continues to take down pot after pot in an online poker game. They look for weakness and when they see it or suspect it, they go for blood on every hand. The only way to beat this type of a player is to play the same online poker real money game that they do and earn your half of the table.
The first way to do this is by taking the lead in a hand. If you raise pot, stick with betting and show them that you are not afraid to fire chips into pot. If you are playing tight, this should be enough to get them to back off of hands that you are in. Make the continuation bet, but also fire on the turn as though you have a hand. Even the most aggressive of players will step back when a tight player continues to fire on the turn of a hand that they have raised on. Continue reading “Fighting Fire with Fire against an Aggressive Opponent”