Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Don't just go on auto-pilot
Don't just go on auto-pilot with your normal pre-flop raise sizes. This is leaving money on the table when you have fishy players that will pay off with weaker hands. Don't worry so much about giving away the strength of your hand, because you're doing this against the CRW player, and not against the regulars at your table. When there are only regulars left to act, then do your normal raise sizing. But when isolating weak CRW players, or open raising with good hands, don't be afraid to adjust your open sizing. Just make sure to keep it consistent throughout that round at the table. Don't bump your open raise size up to 7 BBs with KK against a weak player, and then isolation raise a CRW limper to 4 BBs with A7s. Keep the sizing consistent, and look to discourage the other regulars from getting into the pot with you. If and when they adjust you can change your sizing again.
Most importantly, just make sure
Most importantly, just make sure you are aware of this type of player and know that they will have a wide range of hands that they’ll play in missed flops. That means that if you raise with AK and miss, and the flop comes something like J95, it’s likely that it may have hit your opponent. If they have position on you, it’s still ok (if it’s heads up) to take a stab at the pot, but shut down if you’re called. On some even more draw heavy flops such as Th9d6h, you'll often want to give up and not continuation bet when out of position.