Blind thieves, what to fo about them?

[johnbaker]

....wait for a suited connector? terrible play.... suited connectors come along about the same amount as ace/x hands do, and when you go all in with an ace, you might have the best hand if someone calls you with ace/lower kick or with KQ or some weaksauce like that... if its a partypoker sng people WILL call your all in with KQ... but WAITING to gamble with suited connectors is just terrible... id rather steal or re-steal with Q4 than 56 suited.. plus if youre stealing or restealing you dont want a call... if you get called you're beat, and it wont matter if you have suited connectors or 9 2 offsuit, because a caller is going to have a pair or overcards, and you're screwed anyways. having suited connectors adds like 3% to your chances of winning, so dont wait for them... you fool around with suited connectors when the blinds are small and your stack is large, not when you want to double up...

-jB

[Gutzz]

Hey,

When I figure someone is going to be doing this to me repeatedly, if I have a reasonable stack (compared to blinds) I'll often call his bet, check to him, and then raise.

It's riskier of course, but if your stack can handle it... . If he checks after you, then I'd bet on turn.

Again, this's very risky...

Cheers,

Gutzz

[drewjax]

This may sound simple and naive, but I wouldnt overreact. It seems like you just ran into a bully, who probably was getting decent cards, was on your right, and you were getting rags. If it were a continuous problem, in tourney after tourney, then of course you would have to make adjustments, but as long as you are aware of it, I dont think it is an epidemic. Next time you will bust someone who keeps trying to do this to you.

[omahilo]

I had a problem like this in a tourney and I decide to defend with a bad hand (wont say what) but figured he would fold and he ends up having JJ... so I guess just bad luck for me.

[jillaj]

Sounds like a good smart play on his part since you never called him. I have had this problem sometimes and instead of callling him (Chip leader), I did the same thing to the guy with the lowest chip stack and he folded pretty much every time as well.

[stussy2k]

dude, read my post, if you have 900 ish in chips and just paid the blinds @ 150/300, you gotta crapshoot it. mid suited connecters have a 25% chance of flopping a hand or a draw to a hand that will beat pocket pairs. and its not about if you want a call or not, because they will. Especially if your on PP, they will usually want to knock you out regardless if they have the stack to do it.