AA against a suspected Maniac

PLaY MaTe · #1 04-20-2005, 12:18 PM

I had not been at this table too long but already had seen this Villain had some maniacal tendencies.

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. MP2 posts a blind of $2.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, 2 folds, CO 3-bets, 2 folds, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, Hero caps, CO calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (17.50 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, CO raises, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (14.75 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, CO bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.

River: (17.75 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, CO bets, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 19.75 BB

After he 3 bet me pre flop and capped the flop, I was thinking I might be up against a set of Q's. The King on the turn further made me more timid. Was I right to call down or was a fold better?

MoreWineII · #2 04-20-2005, 12:20 PM

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I Was right to call down

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chief444 · #3 04-20-2005, 01:04 PM

Against a suspected maniac I lose probably 2-bets more than you did in this hand, assuming you did lose by the tone of your post.

shant · #4 04-20-2005, 01:19 PM

If he was a maniac, I would have raised the turn and called down after he 3-bet.

Super Pro · #5 04-20-2005, 01:25 PM

folding at any point would be bad.

if hes not a total maniac then calling down is fine when the K comes on the turn. thats not a good turn card at all for your hand, but he's unnown and slightly maniacal, so folding is out of the question.

PLaY MaTe · #6 04-20-2005, 01:48 PM

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Against a suspected maniac I lose probably 2-bets more than you did in this hand, assuming you did lose by the tone of your post.

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Chief,
I was very tempted to lose some more bets here but I was almost sure I was behind after the K came out. To my surprise this guy turned over a pair of 6's for the set.

I couldn't believe he 3-bet preflop with these, but then again he was a maniac.

meep_42 · #7 04-20-2005, 02:03 PM

Bet the turn to hopefully get UTG out (or make him pay a bit more for his [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] draw).

Then call down.

-d

Luke · #8 04-20-2005, 02:18 PM

You played it fine. Folding for one bet at any point in this hand would be foolish, especially since you said you've seen CO do some "maniacal" things.

Luke