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I've recently started playing O8, and in over 9000 hands I can distinctly recall only two maniacs, both of whom busted out in less than 2 or 3 orbits. By contrast, 6-max limit holdem is packed with maniacs and semi-maniacs.

Of course, the reason for this is than maniacy is actually not that bad at short-handed holdem, as your opponents will often not have anything either and be forced to fold to your relentless aggression. Over the long run, the maniac will lose, but will probably last longer than your loose-passive calling station.

Whereas in O8, someone almost always hits something good, and firing away with nothing is a sure way to deplete your stack in a heartbeat.

So that got me thinking--of the most commonly played poker games--which are the best and worst for maniacs, calling stations, rocks, etc. For example, I would think a calling station would get slaughtered much quicker at NLHE than LHE, because his opponents can make him call much bigger bets with worse implied odds.

Thoughts?