11-23-2001, 07:08 AM
PLH, blinds are 1-2, stacks range from 80 to 1700, I have about 1300.
A little history: a player (maniac) with about 200 has been raising the last 7 hands preflop, sometimes reraising a raiser. He has never shown a winner, lost a bundle. Quite obviously, he is on tilt.
I have QQ in middle position. two limpers to me, one has me covered, I limp, knowing Maniac will raise for sure (on the button), everybody folds to maniac, who raises pot. Blinds and limpers call.
Question 1: Should I reraise here? I figure I have the best hand, the other callers will almost surely drop, except maybe for AK or JJ. The maniac might drop, or call, maybe even reraise, crapshoot in my opinion.
I decide to call, figuring I might flop a set and get a monster pot. I have very good relative position since the maniac is to my left and will surely bet when checked to, trapping the field in the middle.
Flop comes JJx. Not great, but maybe a good flop for me. Everybody checks to maniac who bets pot. The other players drop, up to me.
He bet about 66 and has another 125 or so left.
Question 2: What would you do?
I decide to call him down, not really knowing what he has, but he would pretty much bet with everything. I did not raise to give him a chance to bluff his whole stack. Turn comes K (darn!)he moves in, I stick to the plan and call. river K.
He has JT, and I was drawing pretty slim...
Next hand he raises before flop, gets reraised, one caller, maniac reraises to about 80, raiser drops, caller calls and wins with a rivered pair of Qs! Unfortunately our maniac is broke now and decides to bet horses instead...
Stephan
A little history: a player (maniac) with about 200 has been raising the last 7 hands preflop, sometimes reraising a raiser. He has never shown a winner, lost a bundle. Quite obviously, he is on tilt.
I have QQ in middle position. two limpers to me, one has me covered, I limp, knowing Maniac will raise for sure (on the button), everybody folds to maniac, who raises pot. Blinds and limpers call.
Question 1: Should I reraise here? I figure I have the best hand, the other callers will almost surely drop, except maybe for AK or JJ. The maniac might drop, or call, maybe even reraise, crapshoot in my opinion.
I decide to call, figuring I might flop a set and get a monster pot. I have very good relative position since the maniac is to my left and will surely bet when checked to, trapping the field in the middle.
Flop comes JJx. Not great, but maybe a good flop for me. Everybody checks to maniac who bets pot. The other players drop, up to me.
He bet about 66 and has another 125 or so left.
Question 2: What would you do?
I decide to call him down, not really knowing what he has, but he would pretty much bet with everything. I did not raise to give him a chance to bluff his whole stack. Turn comes K (darn!)he moves in, I stick to the plan and call. river K.
He has JT, and I was drawing pretty slim...
Next hand he raises before flop, gets reraised, one caller, maniac reraises to about 80, raiser drops, caller calls and wins with a rivered pair of Qs! Unfortunately our maniac is broke now and decides to bet horses instead...
Stephan