How to Consistently Win Against Reckless Poker Players

[@SmartPokerStudy]

What tips do you have for facing reckless "house money" players? And... happy new year!

[@boothbuster]

Happy New Year, Skye! My recommendation for that first hand is to have some donk stats (flop, turn, river) and use custom stats to show a "W$SD When Donk Flop/Turn/River". Takes more data to get an idea. Hand2Note is great for this type of stuff, but so is DriveHUD2. Poker Tracker is capable but it's the most difficult one to create a custom stat, and I don't think it has those built in, unlike DriveHUD. Also, I would have just shoved the flop on that first hand. (maybe raised even bigger preflop too) End result will probably be the same but at least I rest better knowing I put more money in +EV. (otherwise, I start questioning myself, since on that turn, are they bluffing enough with flush draws, if ever, where we should even call the bet?)

[@SmartPokerStudy]

​@@boothbuster Thanks for the feedback. I'm good with the shoving flop play, too, seeing as how he only had 46bb's. I'll have to check out DriveHUD and H2N.

[@ronk6405]

Happy New Year Sky and Thank You for all the work you have done for us. We love you man ! GL in 2025!

[@SmartPokerStudy]

Thanks much and I wish you the best in 2025, too!