Attacking Weakness
One key to winning at the poker table is to play against weak players and avoid strong players. The first step in playing the weak player is identifying them. Weak players call instead of raising and check instead of betting. Weak players seldom, if ever, bluff and if they do raise, they only do it with a monster hand. Weak players are easy to read and so easy to play against. Once you have found the weak links at the table. You msut go after them.
It often doesn’t matter what cards you have against a weak player, your big weapon is betting. Weak players are reluctant to call bets with anything but the nuts. If they check, you must bet. If they call a bet and you are behind them — raise. The key to playing the weak player is keeping the pressure on them. Keep betting, keep raising until they play back at you. Some never will.
-this is Beginner’s Poker Blog Post #184
