[Lytspeed]

Originally Posted by Thinkerbell

But as I see them pushing players off the pot without having to show their hands, or going all in preflop several times, I just wait for the right moment.

That's the key. I generally consider myself to be too meek, but I have no problem playing aggressive to take out another aggressor when I have a great starting hand or flop.

[area206]

I love when the aggressor bets into my monster hand. You just gotta be very patient and wait til you actually get a hand. Its frustrating but it will pay off. I have learned from all the experience.

[truushot]

I always find that you can assume that when you have a good hand that generally don't if they are betting and raising a lot of junk. You want to trap them. It isn't really that difficult. Just slow play hands you might not and give them every chance to bet into you then you can either call or raise as you see fit. If they are really loose and are willing to call bigger sized raises with trash you just want to get it all in with a better hand and hope for the best.

[madmax155]

The best way is to slow play the nuts. Only play good hands, no junk, and when you hit the monster, keep it cool and bust that moron.

[rocknroll]

be patient and wait, play slow, and set traps. your number will come up eventally and you can cash in big.

[karafran]

i seem to run into aggressive players all the time,i like em they give u some good cash pots because most are just plain stupid and dont know when to lay their hand down.

[darock1234]

More than likely, most aggressive players lose all their chips or all
their money after a few good beatings, which usually shouldnt
take that long...
the problem comes when they eliminate alot of people at once and have a
giant chip lead on everyone, and then continue their aggressive play..
its quite hard to take away all their chips, and you get scared knowing
they can knock you out without hurting their chip stack.

[burea1124]

I have two ways of dealing with loose aggressive guys

1. Like everyone else suggested, trapping is the best way to go. You will need a lot of patience to wait for a good hand but you will win big when it works. An example is just limping in with AA or KK and let the guy hit a top pair on the flop. When you fight back in this situation, he is highly likely to think that you are trying to fight back with the 2nd best pair, fed up with his relentless play. Or you can just check-call and let him do all the betting. Do this only when the board is not dangerous because this can backfire and potentially take all of your money when he improves on the turn or the river. My point is, you give up many small pots in order to win few big pots.


2.
Mike Sexton and Phil Gordon, two very talented professionals, both wrote that the all-in move is the great equalizer.

If you are playing against a tricky loose aggressive opponent who keeps bluffing you out of pots, you might want to try going all-in every hand pre-flop. He will be forced to play only good hands, like a normal player should be. This may be a desperation move but when the blinds are large and his aggression is taking control of the game, this may be the best way.

[dovla]

this is the way.. it is posted in another thread, too, but - let's post it here for everybody to see... but i think i was lucky there