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[MrDarling]

luckily, in the level I play, they are rarely that intelligent .

Here is a prime example. I just sat in the table but it looked like the guy is a good example of an aggressive idiot :

Full Tilt Poker Game #2285628110: Table Idledale (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:48:44 ET - 2007/04/25
Seat 1: Jade RedStone ($25)
Seat 2: DrCongo19 ($33.60)
Seat 3: Aja7588 ($13.40)
Seat 4: ToddtheTiger ($20.75)
Seat 5: nerdixxx ($26.70)
Seat 6: Bake276 ($25.35)
ToddtheTiger posts the small blind of $0.10
nerdixxx posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Bake276 folds
DrCongo19 folds
Aja7588 raises to $0.50
ToddtheTiger raises to $0.75
nerdixxx calls $0.50
Aja7588 calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [Jd 4d 8d]
ToddtheTiger bets $4
nerdixxx calls $4
Aja7588 raises to $12.65, and is all in
ToddtheTiger raises to $20, and is all in
nerdixxx calls $16
ToddtheTiger shows [Qs Js]
nerdixxx shows [5d Ad]
Aja7588 shows [9h 9d]
*** TURN *** [Jd 4d 8d] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 4d 8d Qc] [Jh]
ToddtheTiger shows a full house, Jacks full of Queens
nerdixxx shows a flush, Ace high
ToddtheTiger wins the side pot ($14) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
Aja7588 shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
ToddtheTiger wins the main pot ($38.20) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
ToddtheTiger: yes
ToddtheTiger: hell yes
Aja7588 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $54.90 Main pot $40.20. Side pot $14.70. | Rake $2.70
Board: [Jd 4d 8d Qc Jh]
Seat 1: Jade RedStone is sitting out
Seat 2: DrCongo19 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Aja7588 (button) showed [9h 9d] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Nines
Seat 4: ToddtheTiger (small blind) showed [Qs Js] and won ($52.20) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
Seat 5: nerdixxx (big blind) showed [5d Ad] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: Bake276 didn't bet (folded)

[khaosanroad]

Wow. that has to hurt. Todd must have thought he was a genius.

[MrDarling]

lol. He did. Kept saying how figured both on a draw or something.

Though on the span of 50 hands, he was back down to $11.

[snoogins47]

Basically other than the obvious, one of the things that seems to work well against the smart and typically the significantly aggro types is to keep your eye out for his reactions to common situations, and try to stay under his radar.

The better idea you can get on how he plays 'unknowns' and the longer you can make sure you're an 'unknown' yourself, you're probably best off. You'll be able to see if his MO includes shutting down after getting floated on the flop, rarely folding to resistance in heads up pots, etc. etc... and you can usually pick a lot of spots to take advantage of your status as an unknown. Check-raise with air a few times on his C-bets. Start floating with nothing, unless he's got a tendency to fire three barrels, then 'float' with a monster and let him hang himself. If he gets bitten by that once or twice, you open him up to the regular-ol float-with-rags more. Etc.

The key really is to do everything in your power to seem at least somewhat predictable and let him work his 'default' magic on you and milk that as much as you can. Keep him in "exploit the moron" mode as long as you can. Hopefully you're good enough and smart enough to make this a significant mistake for him.

Once it gets to the point where he realizes you're paying attention and capable of mixing things up, life gets a lot more interesting, a lot more fun, and a lot less profitable. You'll both probably end up trying to play much more defensively and less predictably... and then it's just a matter of trying to play better than him, and hopefully getting luckier. I'm sure you're predictable and exploitable as we all are, just hope that he's moreso, or not very good at picking up on your own tendencies.

There's also a lot I wanted to write about how multiway pots get quite interesting depending on who's involved in the pot, especially when two players who view each other as smart/skilled are involved, but I'll save all that.