I was under the impression that a check/call lead showed more strength than a continuation bet on the flop, but I could easily be wrong, I don't really know what goes on in the mind of a maniac

If he's maniac enough I still like my line, but instead of folding to a turn raise I call/push it (if it's non- [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img])

In my experience with this line I don't tend to get raised much on the turn