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sillyarms · #1 11-14-2004, 02:50 AM

I would appreciate any advice you can give on the play of this hand. The original preflop raiser here was a maniac who raises with 33% of his hands and plays 66% with 357 hands in pokertracker. I have the mainiac on my buddy list and usually sit at whatever table he is when he signs on and know his play well but I haven't had time to judge the SB at this point in the game. I am still working on my play against mainiacs and any advice on how you would play this hand would be appreciated. I'll post the results after a few replies

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed)

MP1 ($82.3)
MP2 (maniac) ($48.55)
CO ($171.15)
Hero ($185)
SB ($170.7)
BB ($87)
UTG ($106.25)
UTG+1 ($143.55)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $1.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $2, MP1 folds, MP2 (maniac) raises to $9, CO folds, Hero raises to $20, SB (poster) calls $19, BB folds, UTG+1 folds, MP2 (maniac) calls $11.

Flop: ($64) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, maniac checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($64) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, maniac checks, Hero checks.

River: ($64) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB bets $30, maniac folds, Hero calls $30.

Final Pot: $124

silly

Sweaburg · #2 11-14-2004, 03:11 AM

The only thing I can see you losing to here are AA and KK...I would have played it the same way.
Did you split the pot with SB?

jt1 · #3 11-14-2004, 02:39 PM

I don't think you used your position very well. I would bet at least another $20 on the flop. If SB folds and maniac goes all in, call! If SB calls and maniac throws then fold.

BK_ · #4 11-14-2004, 03:19 PM

wait until you make your hands vs a manic before getting a huge portion of your stack in. meaning, dont reraise preflop. you only have a drawing hand, and theres a pretty good chance he will pay you off if you hit tptk on the flop.