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Re: Stay away from maniacs at NL Hold\'em games!!!
 

No, never avoid maniacs. And your story clearly shows why.
And yes, there is luck in poker.

Re: Stay away from maniacs at NL Hold\'em games!!!
 

Are you trying Ed Miller's shortstack theory buying in for that little?

Maybe you should switch tables when you double up so you don't have to worry about these suckouts for your whole stack and then rebuy for only 25 BB.

The site is not rigged. Someone makes these claims everyday on 2+2 and they are usually ridiculed to no end. A 2 outer has to occur sometime, it's not an insane probability that this would occur.

Post deleted by Mat Sklansky
 

Re: Stay away from maniacs at NL Hold\'em games!!!
 

Let's say you have a roulette wheel with 25 numbers on it and you bet on 13 every single time and only on 13. It should hit about once every 25 times, right? But sometimes you'll put your money on the 13 and it won't hit 1 out of 200 times.

You are right in that you can lose a lot of money against maniacs faster than you could if you were playing against a World Class expert, but you can also make more money off of them then anyone else. If you aren't properly bankrolled and there is a maniac in the game you should just leave.

Re: Stay away from maniacs at NL Hold\'em games!!!
 

Maniacs increase your variance. If your bankroll is small, this variance can bust you.

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Re: Stay away from maniacs at NL Hold\'em games!!!
 

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Maniacs increase your variance. If your bankroll is small, this variance can bust you.

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So if my stack was say, 200BB, that maniac wouldn't try to put me all-in with his Ducks?

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Re: Stay away from maniacs at NL Hold\'em games!!!
 

Don't buy in for 12 cents and maniacs are the best to play.
If you cant handle the swings find a new hobby

Re: Stay away from maniacs at NL Hold\'em games!!!
 

I would reccomend at least a quarter....christ...take down a monster 15 cents! bam! (yay I jus made journeyman) I can't wait til I am like 40 I will be the greatest poker player alive.