Playing Macho Man
You should play against a macho player in a similar way that you’d play against a chauvinist, but you need to be more careful.
The macho player is not as likely to try to play deceptively when he has as big a hand as the chauvinistic player. He’s more likely to just play any hand he has aggressively.
With the chauvinist player, you can often be sure you have the best hand, even when your hand is weak. That’s not the case with the macho player.
With him you need to be much more selective with which hands you get involved.
You probably don’t want to get heads-up in a pot with a macho player with a hand like 8 
5 
, but you might want to with a hand like 8 7 .
With that hand you’re more likely to have a few extra outs like a three-flush or a three-straight, just in case he actually has you beat.
Usually though, if the flop is like the second flop discussed, he won’t have you beat and he’ll just keep raising anyway.
Playing Mr. Flirt
The primary benefit from playing with a flirtatious player is that he isn’t likely to raise.
If he has a really good hand, he’ll usually just tell you. For example, let’s say you’ve got A J , and the flop is J 
8 4 .
If you bet and he calls, you can sometimes just ask him, “Do you have a flush draw?” He’ll tell you.
If the next card is a Heart, ask him, “Did you make a flush?” Again, he’ll tell you.
This can save you a lot of bets. Even if you don’t ask him and he did make a flush, you can still bet without fear of a raise.
If by chance he does raise, he’ll do so apologetically, saying something like, “I really don’t like to raise, but with this hand I really have to.” If something like that happens, you can just fold.
Pick the Right Table / Picking a Seat / Theories of Poker / Betting Theory: The Odds
A Theory of Starting Hand Value
A Theory of Flop Play: Counting Outs and Evaluating Draws
The Dynamics of Game Conditions / Table Image / Player Stereotypes
Spread-Limit Games / Double Bet on the End Games / Kill Games
Short-handed Games / Tournaments / No-limit and Pot-Limit Poker
