thta's why they call it gambling.....

[bobneptune]

a hand against a maniac in ac :

$300 max buy in 1-2 nl game @ ac. maniac is utg and has been mercilessly been running over the table with a stack of about $900. i'm on the button with AsKs, the first decent hand if seen in two trips around the table since i sat down.

utg limps, 3 other limpers to me. i raise to $15 ($10-$15 being standard for this table) on the button. blinds fold, utg calls, one fold and 2 calls. 4 see the flop with a $71 pot.

flop comes : Ah 6s 7s

check, check, raise to $30 to me. i have tptk with a draw to the nuts. i bet the pot ($100) looking to close out straight draws. my thoughts are if one of the limpers has a pr of 6's or 7's, i'm not happy and i'm behind, but i have outs to the nut flush . if they have 2 pr, its a coin flip and if they are on a draw, i have them crushed. they could have also limped with a weaker ace. i have a good chance to be in the lead anyway, and top pair with a nut flush draw is a great hand to make a lot of money with. anyway i can't lay it down and i bet to win the pot right there.

maniac utg thinks for about 5 seconds and pushes. fold , fold to me. i have about $ 200 left.

i think of the hands that have me crushed namely AA, 66 or 77. i can't believe he limped with AA. being the maniac is a maniac, i don't think he would have played 66 or 77 this way.

i make him as a bully trying to run me off the pot and put him on a draw and with the 2-1 i'm getting, i call.

he flips over 4c5c.... turn is a blank and of course, the river brings the miracle 3d.

had one of the other limpers pushed, i would have put them on a set and laid the hand down, but i could see the maniac doing this with a draw.

comments on my line ???