Re: Check Raising Top Pair Against a Maniac
 

If you think he might raise betting out is better no?

Re: Check Raising Top Pair Against a Maniac
 

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I'm more likely to bet out and let the maniac protect my hand for me, then maybe c/r the turn

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I like this line.

Re: Check Raising Top Pair Against a Maniac
 

Actually, when I call him a maniac, what I should say is that he's playing really, really fast. He was no brainless, clueless player, and I considered the likliehood that he would be the flop to be about 90%, while the chance that he would raise me wasn't quite as good as that. Of course, if I knew that he had a Queen I would have placed his reraising probability to 100%--guaranteed.

Re: Check Raising Top Pair Against a Maniac
 

Thanks for your input. PF, I limped along from the SB. If the wild man had been raised by someone else, I would probably have tested their committment to their hand by three betting to find out where I was really at with them. Only if this were followed by the reraiser's capping it would I have begun to be concerned that someone had two pair or a set at that point, (though not AQ or KQ, given the lack of a PF raise).