Dave Nagler - Home Game Assassin

There's a big time finance rep for a telecommunications company in Washington DC who rumour has it can eat close to 1/3rd of his body weight in bbq chicken in a single sitting. Fortunately, he hasn't come to play in the Toronto underground poker circuit after eating. If he did --and witnessed the insane play-- the table would be a mess of Diana BBQ Sauce.

Wild, random players can be dangerous in a tournament - particularly if they double-up early and use their stacks to constantly apply maximum pressure. However, these players are usually in big trouble in a cash game with low blinds. Patience and carefully timed aggression will bust them.

One concept some tight players fail to grasp is the value of calling unraised pots in late position for the implied odds against wild players who massively overbet pots after the flop. Against crazy players who are constantly raising out of position regardless of what hits the flop, you should always call in late position preflop if you're playing 1/2 no limit, or a similar low blind no-limit game.

If you know your drunken and/or wild opponent will overbet the pot and will refuse to lay down top pair, you can bust them again and again. Sadly, one of my regular home players from NYC fails to grasp this simple concept and has been beaten like a drum lately. Perhaps he can be consoled with some BBQ chicken on his next trip to DC.