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how to play poker against an idiot? for good poker players and online players?

kay in the past week, ive been playing poker against stone cold idiots....Im going to give two scenarios....happened yesterday and the day before. Pokerstars: I had AA preflop, in the big blind position,okay so i was guessing someone had a QQ cuz there was a pretty big raise about 4 times the BB in middle position, so naturally I reraise, what happens next? the player goes all in, I call, showdown time, what does he have?44, Im like wtf you went all in middle position, even reraised with a small pair, so as im enjoying my moment he hits a 4 on the river. Busted..... 2nd Case scenario, tourney time, 1500 stack, 15/30 blinds, this guy reraises a KK and goes all in against him, wtf does he have? 72 offsuit, he busts the KK with a two pair......,I had JJ preflop i folded it, so i mean for good online poker players, how do u play against such a player? what kind of tactics, and preflop play do u use against them?

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1. I know those players. One thing I do is that I stick with my sound strategy. Though "crazy" players win win occasionally, in the long run they will be busted. Unfortunately, in the short run there is nothing you can do. Just hope for the best.
2. Patience is the only way to beat them. If you are the better player then you will beat them in the long run. As Mike Caro says when they are playing loose aggressive "call more often, raise less often". This is why most pro's hate to play unknowns or amateurs. They make it to the last table in a big tourney by waiting to strike when someone else makes a mistake. A couple of double ups a day and on they go. If you can't stay the pace or keep a level head, find another game to play!
3. slow play them in that situation. if you know a player that sits there pushing and reraising, let them see the flop. that way when they see there is nothing to their cards they can fold. however, as it was already said patience is the best tactic. play a tight game, steal as many blinds as possible, and make sure to take any dead chips in the pot.
4. My strategy is always try to play the opposite of your opponents. If you are facing a super-loose crazy table, play tighter, become a calling station to their big raises when you have premium hands and crush the when you flop the nuts. Alternatively, at tight tables, play looser, make initial raises with more average hands and steal blinds as often as you can.
5. the lower the buy in the more idiots play. In early tourney play more idiots will go all in with almost nothing to make a stack. So, that is a time to play tight. As the tourney progresses, say half way in, most of the idiots will be weeded out. So, you may want to mix up your play. In the late stages of the tourney you will want to go all in a lot with 10's on up, high suited connectors and even suited A?. People will play more tightly near the bubble, so you can then steal a lot of blinds and stupid bets and take some of those low stackers out now. At the final table pick your fights, and stay out of most of the all ins. The last 4 or 5 players left, then you can go all in with any pp and a lot of high cards unsuited if you dare, and even unsuited connectors. But, always remember to try and play your cards, not everone elses chips. And fold like crazy if an overbet is just TOO large, most people don't bluff, and when they do bluff, they tend to show to mix you up. So, remember to stay cool, disengage yourself from the table chat, and remember AA, straights, and flushes, but not in that order, it will help you figure our the millions of hands possible on the flop. Good Luck....pcr
6. Stick with a solid, tight-aggressive strategy. While it appears that you're getting bad beat (and you are), him getting all in with 44 against your AA is a massively profitable long-term play for you. You are better than 80% to win this, and him pushing all in instead of folding is something that you want to happen. So you lose this one. It'll happen 19.5% of the time or so. Not all that unlikely. You'll love your double-up the other 80.5% of the time. Same is true for the KK vs. 72, but it's 87% of the time for you. Don't let these short-term losses detract from a long-term perspective. If you don't understand this concept, read "Theory of Poker" by David Sklansky. It's extremely important to understand.
7. For a single hand, there's nothing you can do. You went all in pre-flop with AA. You just have to play enough hands against them so that the law of averages has time to work. If you get this frustrated at idiots like this, then maybe no-limit hold'em isn't the game for you. Try 7-card stud.