[Benoit]

Not really, because you also have reverse implied odds when you feel the need to call down your second best hand. Please don't tell me you thought you were ahead on the flop, because you only called the maniacs raise. His raise gave you less then 3 to 1 to call (fold if you're behind) and there was now enough money in the pot to just put him all in (if you're ahead). Calling a maniacs raise is -EV in my mind because: 1) you just put more money into the pot, 2)gave a free card to a player that could have anything, 3) your lack of aggresion now could make maniac bet out again on the turn with nothing... In addition to having something, so now you really don't know where you're at.