77 in the CO

If BB is really a maniac I am raising the turn. There is a lot of value there as you are very likely to be ahead here

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Do you think that either three-betting the flop or raising the turn would encourage SB to fold?

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Somehow I think it's possible... Well, not so much on the flop, but he agonized for a good ten seconds before calling on the river. I thought he was going to time out before he finally found the call button. It seemed like a crying call for sure, and if that's the case, a raise would have knocked him out. But who knows, it doesn't have to be a tell, maybe his internet connection was acting up or something...

There's a section in SSHE called "When You Do Not Want Overcalls" that I think applies here... But I just hate raising a marginal hand when there's like a fifty-fifty chance I'm being called. And since I have a long history against this particular player, I know that he's not likely to fold... Well, obviously I'm clueless in this hand.

As you pointed out, raising either the turn or the river is bad for variance, and I hate variance with a passion, so maybe I should be happy with calling here...

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BB: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

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Change seats. Being stuck between a maniac and a station can be tough.

Calling stations call. Maniacs raise. You have the best hand often enough here to see a showdown but not often enough to push it. You cannot protect your hand but want to get to a cheap showdown. I like calling down because when you call the river you have no way of knowing whether the station has been calling with nothing or something and because he's a station you have little fear of being raised by a worse hand.

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Very true indeed. But how do I go about changing seats at Party? Do I simply leave the table and join the wait list and hope for a good spot? Or is there a better way?

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That's what I do. I often sit down at a table and find I'm to the right of the player (or players) I want on my left. I leave, join the wait list and if when I'm called the seat isn't where I want it I click "take me off the list" and then rejoin the list again and wait until a favorable seat opens up. Rinse, rinse, lather repeat until I have four good seats at to the left of my favorite donators.