Poker-gods have a sense of irony and humour

House-Lion · #1 11-27-2004, 02:06 PM

I checked the party 3/6 and saw a table with crazy high average pot so I promptly put myself on the waiting list. I think average was like $80 or so, +13BB.

I opened up the table and after one hand I had the maniac spotted. This was a maniac in true essense. He would try to raise and cap at every oportunity and with any two cards. PFR turnd up to +80% since whenever he limped in someone tried an isolation raise that he imediatetly 3-betted or capped if someone else had re-raised.

First hand is just to give the general idea:

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 (MANIAC!) raises, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button calls, Hero 3-bets, BB calls, MP2 (MANIAC!) caps, MP3 calls, Button calls, Hero calls, BB calls.

Flop: (20 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, MANIAC! checks, MP3 checks, Button bets, Hero raises, BB folds, MANIAC! 3-bets, MP3 folds, Button calls, Hero caps, MANIAC! calls, Button calls.

Turn: (16 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets, MANIAC! raises, Button calls, Hero 3-bets, MANIAC! calls, Button calls.

River: (25 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, I miss this riverbet and chicken out here MANIAC! checks, Button checks.

Final Pot: 25 BB

Results in white below: 
MANIAC! has 3c Tc (one pair, threes). Better hand than average for him, a pair! 
Button has Jc Kc (one pair, kings).
Hero has Ad Ks (one pair, kings).
Outcome: Hero wins 25 BB. 

Here is the gem!
Dont you think the irony here is apealing? Remember maniac has preflop raise of +80%! Maniac has dished out several badbeats and lasted quite long.

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 (MANIAC!) raises, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, Hero calls. I make an ultra loose call here since I am closing the action. 

Flop: (6.33 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, MANIAC! checks, MP3 checks.

Turn: (3.16 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets, MANIAC! raises, MP3 folds, Hero 3-bets, MANIAC! caps, Hero calls.

River: (11.16 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets, MANIAC! raises, Hero 3-bets, MANIAC! caps, Hero calls.
 How do you like my line? Maniacs action has been about the same in most hands I have seen so far. 

Final Pot: 19.16 BB

Results included for laughs.

Results in white below: 
Hero has 5h 8d (three of a kind, fives).
MANIAC! has Kh Ks (two pair, kings and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins 19.16 BB. 

This was the gem of the day and good for a laugh for me.I hope you will enjoy it in the same sense I did.

Bob T. · #2 11-27-2004, 02:11 PM

In your hand history, you have the maniac raising on hand two. But either way, it is pretty ironic.