Two questionable preflop calls...

[Demana]

Live $3/6 game

<font color="green">Maniac sees 90% of the flops and raises 60% of the time if he is first to act preflop.</font>


Hand 1

Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Preflop: UTG folds, Maniac (UTG + 1) <font color="red">raises</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB folds, Hero <font color="blue">calls?</font>

<font color="green">This is an auto fold for me in any other seat (unless I can isolate the maniac), but what about in the big blind getting 9.5:1?</font>

Hand 2

Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

Preflop: Maniac (UTG) <font color="red">raises</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, Hero <font color="blue">calls?</font>, BB folds

<font color="green">Should Hero call getting 11.5:1?</font>

[Clarkmeister]

Both those are very easy, though the 2nd one is a bit closer because of the 3/1 blind structure.

[Chris Daddy Cool]

number 1 is very easy.

number 2, like clark said is closer because of the blind structure. but if the other guys in this hand aren't good and are cc'ing normal limping hands they would limp in with, A8s wins more than its fair share.

[br549007]

hand 1 I would call for half price, any other position I would fold unless suited. hand 2 call.

[Demana]

Wow, I was thinking I made a mistake in both calls...

Thanks for the feedback.