How do you play against mega maniac?

[Wevie]

Warning: Long post. Summaries of 21 consecutive hands follow.


Yesterday I ran into a mega maniac with a luck box. I really need help in how to deal
with such an opponent.

Is he just betting randomly, or is there some method to his madness? How should I play against this? I’m going to blind out eventually if I do nothing. There are two other players at the table doing nothing. Should I just keep folding and hope one of the other rocks tries to make a move? Should I just play my normal game?

A break down of his play:

Hand #1

Villain opens UTG+1 for 275
Middle position raises all in
Villain calls

Flop Jh, 3h, 5c
Turn 6s
River 3c

Villain shows 5s, Ts – two pairs fives and threes
MP shows Ac, Kd – a pair of threes

Hand #2

Villain limps UTG
Two limpers, SB completes, BB checks

Flop As, 5c, Ah

Min bet, call,
Villain raises 325
Folds around to caller who raises 590
Villain calls

Turn 9h

Caller pushes (165)
Villain calls

River Jh

Caller shows Ad, 7h three of a kind, aces
Villain shows 6s, 5h two pair aces and fives

Hand #3

UTG+1 limps
MP calls
SB completes
Villain (BB) raises 235
Folds to SB who calls

Flop 2h, Kc, 7c
SB bets 575
Villain folds

Hand #4

(3) limpers
Villain (SB) raises 315
BB calls
Limpers fold

Flop 6s, Jd, Ts

BB bets 250
Villain calls (all in)

Turn 7h
River As

BB shows Qh, 9h – high card ace
Villain shows 7s, Kh a pair of sevens

Hand #5

One limper
Villain raises (button) 275
Folds around

Hand #6

One limper
Villain raises 225
Folds around

Hand #7

UTG limps
Villain raises 175
UTG raises 585
Villain calls

Flop 8c, Qh, 3h

UTG pushes
Villain calls

Turn 5h
River 9c

UTG shows As, Ks high card Ace
Villain shows Qd, 4s a pair of queens

Hand #8

Villain opens for 225
One caller
One push
Villain calls
Caller calls
(three all in)

Flop As, 7c, Td
Turn 3s
River 9s

Villain shows Kh, 5c – high card Ace
Caller shows Ah, Ts – two pair, aces and tens
Pusher shows Qc, Qh – a pair of queens

Hand #9

Villain limps
One raise to 150
Short stack calls (all in for 50)
Villain pushes (1250)
Raiser calls (610)

Flop Th, 3s, 3d
Turn Kd
River 8h

Raiser shows 9h, 9c – two pairs, nines and threes
Short stack shows 3h, Ac – three of a kind, threes
Villain shows Kh, 3c – a full house, threes full of kings

Hand #10

Villain raises 500
All fold

Hand #11

Villain raises 145 all fold

Hand #12

Folded to Villain who is SB and completes for 15
BB checks

Flop 6c, Jc, 7c

Checks

Turn 4h

Checks

River 6d

Checks

Villain shows 2d, 8s a pair of sixes
BB shows Qc, 8h a pair of sixes with queen kicker

Hand #13

Villain limps hand Is checked through river

Flop 4d, 6c, 4s
Turn Th
River 2s

Villain bets 55
Folded around

Hand #14 (Hero gets involved for the first time)

Hero is BB with 9d Qc

Villain limps
SB completes
BB checks

Flop Qs, 3d, Ac

All check

Turn Js

Checked to Villain who bets 175

Hero doesn’t like the Ace on the board or the confusing play of Villain so he folds
SB folds

Hand #15

Villain limps

Flop Kd, 2d, 8c

Villain bets 175
All fold

Hand #16

Villain limps
MP limps
SB completes
BB checks

Flop Qh, Ts, 9h

One min bet
Villain calls
MP raises 300
Villain pushes 2305
All fold

Hand #17

Folded to villain in BB

Hand #18

Hero is UTG+1 with As Qd

Hero limps
Villain (SB) calls
BB checks

Flop 9s, 7s, Ts

Checked around

Turn Jh

Villain bets 700

All fold

Hand #19

Villain pushes – all fold

Hand #20

Villain limps, SB calls, BB checks

Flop 8c, Ah, 4d

2 checks

Villain raises 275

All fold

Hand #21

Villain limps
MP limps
SB folds
BB checks

Flop 2c, Kc, 9s

Villain bets 175
MP calls for 75 (all in)
BB folds

Turn Js
River Jh

Villain shows 5c, 8h a pair of jacks
MP shows Qc, Th a straight, nine to king

Hand #22

Villain limps
SB completes
BB checks

Flop 7d, Ah, 3s

BB min bets
Villain FOLDS <-- This hand must really suck ass

Hand #23

Dealt to Hero Tc Th

Folded to hero who limps
SB completes
Villain (BB) raises to 1450

Hero ???

[lastchance]

So don't do anything. Play back at him. Raise and reraise. Call down with just second pair. Bet out with As on all spade flop. And make that easy TT call.

[Wevie]

I have to admit, I was threatened by his luck.

So, you say I should be pushing it back in his face, huh?

[Moonsugar]

Without preflop stacks etc. there is no way oto comment on any of these hands.

In generaal, you loosen raising standards when you have position and isolate.

[lastchance]

[ QUOTE ]
I have to admit, I was threatened by his luck.

So, you say I should be pushing it back in his face, huh?

[/ QUOTE ]
Luck always runs the same. There's no way to become luckier, otherwise we'd all know it by now.

If you've probably got the best hand, don't fold. If you let maniac boss you around, you're playing right into his hand.

[Wevie]

I left out the stacks to shorten the post a bit.

This is the first 20+ hands of the tourney. By the end Villain is over 2k and nobody else has much of anything.