Re: well I didn\'t fold and have another tough decision
Unfortunately it doesn't really seem to matter much to me. If he's bantering with the maniac, then it's very likely his main goal in the hand is to show down a better hand than the maniac. In the process, he can get so caught up in his persuit to beat the maniac that he will make the fatal mistake of totally ignoring you.
So in the end analysis, it looks like it's very very likely that UTG thinks he has the maniac beat. But, it's really hard to tell whether or not he's also aware that he has to beat you too.
I guess if I had to pick, I'd give the edge to the read making it more likely he has you beat. I'm guessing that if he doesn't respect the maniac, he's less likely to make the same mistakes.
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