Trips against a semi-maniac...

Villain is semi-maniac, no way to really gauge whether his preflop raise from early position is legitimate or just gambling it up...

Why was I in the hand in the first place? I had just taken my seat, I had a late position post, and I felt like my cards would fare well if they hit the board. I had about 50 hands worth of data on the villain...

I was getting cute on the turn just smooth-calling. I think if I were to play it today I woulda raised the turn. Comments?

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Preflop: Hero is CO with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 folds</font>, MP3 calls, Hero calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (7.50 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 3-bets</font>, MP3 folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.25 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (9.25 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 15.25 BB.

[flopmonster]

No need to make excuses for ur p/f call.. I think that is an easy call... I don't mind the smooth call on the turn but I take it to a cap on the river..cmon hes a semi maniac u got trips, what more?

[krimson]

I'd probably cap the river against a semi-maniac. I think your smooth-call on the turn threw him off and he's overplaying an overpair. You can cap slightly lighter than you would 3-bet because you don't need to worry about a raise coming back to you.