Playing against new/unpredictable players.

AdMMM

I've started playing some home games every week with my friends and I'm finding it very hard to make headway. Some of my friends call with very, very marginal hands which particularly worries me because I seem to be missing the flop a lot lately while my friends hit something with their 9-5's off-suit despite me raising/betting by what I'd consider to be reasonable enough to isolate one or two players (4 to 5 times the BB), instead I often get 4 or 5 callers and am naturally uncomfortable when people start betting and raising on flops that I've totally drawn blank on.

Does anyone have any advice on how I should play against players whose hands I can never quite pin down and call almost every single bet I make?

breadmonkey

All you can do is make a hand and bet it hard. Also, start limping after lots of limpers with semi trash looking for a big flop.

phantom_lord

don't bluff, play tight, and value bet your hands.

and be prepared to laydown hands when draws hit.

Jesus Wept

don't bluff

People are unbluffable in any home game I've played.

Also, generally, trying to bluff when 4 people have seen a flop is unlikely to work.