Facing massive overbet by a maniac on party 5/10
 

Villain in this hand is Banzan, a huge LAG in party 5/10 SH games. This guy is the wildest player ive seen yet at those tables. The preceeding hand I c/red a raised pot on the flop Tc9c2x and took it down right there w/o showing the hand.

I make it $50 behind a limper w/ AcAd. Banzan is BB and calls, as does CO limper.

The pot is $150 going to the flop. The effective stack is $1500. The flop is 5h 4d 2h. All check to me, I bet pot. Banzan immediately raises all in. CO folds. Its $1300 to me to call this huge overbet.

Re: Facing massive overbet by a maniac on party 5/10
 

Yuck. Banzan appears to be a maniac but he/she is a very good one IMO. He doesn't chip spew here with midpair like some bad lags will. But I doubt he'd play a set or the straight this way. Tough one. He could have top 2, 66 or a big draw. Or he may think that he's trapping you with KK.

Could go either way with him since he'll call some crap hands like 4 5 and A 3 OOP. I've also seen Banz 3 bet his whole stack with 2nd pair putting me on a 'draw' when I had a QQ overpair (he rivered a 2outer but whatever). Given that history I call.

Re: Facing massive overbet by a maniac on party 5/10
 

think this is a pretty good breakdown of his hand possibilities?

20% smaller overpair, big edge to you
40% big draw, 50/50
40% made hand, big edge to him

offhand, I'd say a call is neutral EV given this split and the money already in the pot. Others can correct me if this distribution is wacked.

metagame: fold if you want to cut down on variance, call if you don't want him picking on you. Or flip a coin.

Re: Facing massive overbet by a maniac on party 5/10
 

i instah call here vs banzan lol

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I call, and hope he doesnt catch most of the time, and get pissed when he shows me bottom set.

I'd call, IMO.

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Villain in this hand is Banzan, a huge LAG in party 5/10 SH games. This guy is the wildest player ive seen yet at those tables.

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call.

Re: Facing massive overbet by a maniac on party 5/10
 

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Or he may think that he's trapping you with KK.

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i call. if all else fails (he actually does have a set)turn an ace.

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i own banzan, and heres why

you just instacall in hands like the following:

oh yeah and tell me what you thnk of my play on that name (was my old Eurobet one)

***** Hand History for Game 2821425851 *****
$1000 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, October 03, 23:35:20 EDT 2005
Table Table 36758 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: heyadeen ( $1699 )
Seat 3: watler ( $1536.08 )
Seat 4: LuckBox__ ( $1876 )
Seat 6: WillSmokeU5K ( $504 )
Seat 2: Banzan ( $990 )
Seat 5: wolfy8888 ( $1101 )
Banzan posts small blind [$5].
watler posts big blind [$10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to heyadeen [ Ks Ah ]
>You have options at Table 55742 (6 max) (No DP) Table!.
LuckBox__ calls [$10].
wolfy8888 calls [$10].
WillSmokeU5K calls [$10].
heyadeen raises [$55].
Banzan calls [$50].
>You have options at Table 55707 (6 max) (No DP) Table!.
>You have options at Table 55082 (6 max) (No DP) Table!.
watler folds.
LuckBox__ calls [$45].
wolfy8888 folds.
>You have options at Table 55742 (6 max) (No DP) Table!.
WillSmokeU5K calls [$45].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jc, 4s, Kd ]
Banzan checks.
LuckBox__ checks.
WillSmokeU5K checks.
>You have options at Table 55707 (6 max) (No DP) Table!.
heyadeen bets [$175].
Banzan calls [$175].
LuckBox__ folds.
WillSmokeU5K folds.
>You have options at Table 55742 (6 max) (No DP) Table!.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
Banzan checks.
>You have options at Table 55742 (6 max) (No DP) Table!.
heyadeen bets [$275].
Banzan is all-In.
heyadeen calls [$485].
>You have options at Table 55742 (6 max) (No DP) Table!.
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
heyadeen shows [ Ks, Ah ] three of a kind, kings.
Banzan doesn't show [ 9d, Jh ] two pairs, kings and jacks.
heyadeen wins $2107 from the main pot with three of a kind, kings.

Re: Facing massive overbet by a maniac on party 5/10
 

you were pot stuck how is that much of a call

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This is an instacall against banzan.
That guy is awesome for tables.