Yesterday I played 6 HUnsgs 11$ and was ahead 4-to-2. One HU i lost was difficult, because I was Card Dead and because I played an opponent you can't beat beeing card dead : the agressive calling station (acs). This opponent is bluffing a lot and think you play like him, ie you bluff a lot. Then, he calls a lot too. Here is a hand :
PokerStars Game #19582342206: Tournament #101869598, $11.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/08/13 - 07:45:24 (ET)
Table '101869598 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: babaorumi (1440 in chips)
Seat 2: Hirvinaama (1560 in chips)
Hirvinaama: posts small blind 10
babaorumi: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to babaorumi [Ts Ad]
Hirvinaama: raises 40 to 60
babaorumi: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [8c 3c Jc]
babaorumi: checks
Hirvinaama: bets 60
babaorumi: raises 120 to 180
Hirvinaama: raises 220 to 400
babaorumi: folds
Uncalled bet (220) returned to Hirvinaama
Hirvinaama collected 480 from pot
Hirvinaama: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 480 | Rake 0
Board [8c 3c Jc]
Seat 1: babaorumi (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Hirvinaama (button) (small blind) collected (480)
Villain bets the flop like always. I thought I had to resist, and c/r. Against a decent player, think it's EV+, but against this acs, I have been obviously reraised. The problem here is that I don't know if villain bluff reraises, or he has something. So my raise didn't work and moreover i didn't get any piece of information at all : i still don't know if he is able to reraise bluff or not, and this is very very bad because I still don't know how to fight.
Conclusion
When you have to fight someone who might be a acs, don't raise bluff : Just wait seeing his cards or any information you could gather allowing to better profiling your tricky opponent. If you are confident you are aginst a acs, value bet and raise often, because he may not believe you and reraise you.