$1/$2 NL

I open raise to $8 with AA.. Only the BB calls. He has $100.

Hes very tricky but hes a slightly losing player over 1000 hands because he calls too many raise with all kinds of hands. He calls almost all of my raises for some reason. Its gotten to the point that I asked him why he does it. It just so happened that I raise the very next hand and he called again. That was a few days ago.

Pot is $17. Flop comes T73 rainbow. He checks, I bet $12 and he calls.
Pot is $41. The turn is a Q and he leads for $8. Theres no way to put this guy on a hand. he could have anythign from QTs to 33 to KQ to 98.

Whats your play? He has $72 left and I have him covered.

The $8 looks like a blocking bet, so yeah I like the raise-and-be-ready-to-fold.

Hell he could have J9, had a gutshot and now is openended.

You're in position, use it. You can check behind any river that looks bad, but I would bet now while you're probably still ahead.

I also think I would raise the turn, and probably fold to an all-in. It is pretty tough to fold against one of these players, if they could have anything.

I have run into similar stuff the last few weeks since I stepped up my aggression preflop, and I have trouble laying down when they're loose callers. I need to focus more on this part of my game.

I raised to $30 and he pushed all in. I just couldnt fold it. he had a set of 7s...but for a change, I outdew someone and rivered an ace.

Hmmm... I can see droq's point here, but this player at least seems to me a particular sort of tricky. I think it depends on whether he's trying to bluff you off your AA. To me, up to now, he looks more cally but not the type to make big bets on losers, but I may be wrong, obviously having little evidence to go on here.

I also don't know how you're playing your AK these days. If it were at one of my tables, I'd say that bet was testing to see if I had AK unimproved still, and he'd probably have just some kind of pair.

If you raise, I can't see raising to less than $40, and that leave him with another $40 on the river and a pot of $121.

Hmmm... in the range you put him on, I just see one draw and then a lot of hands that beat you. What do you think of calling him down here? True, you're giving him a free card on the draw, but you obviously can't just lay down to a bet of $8.

On the other hand, in case of doubt, what's just straight-up correct play here? Well, I'd say it's raising to $40.

So, if he's playing LAG-ish (doesn't feel this way to me, but no telling), I think call him down. If he's just unreadable, I think raise to $40 and see what happens.

I don't really object to droq's all-in, but it just seems to be committing more when you're behind. He has to put you on a big pair at that point and will surely lay down if he's behind. I also can't see him folding if he's ahead.

I really feel like a raise to $40 tells you where you're at here pretty well. While it seems somewhat ridiculous to lay down to another $40 at that point, I just can't see any sane player bluffing once you make that bet.