Playing against The Maniac!

[dardo]

Villain is a very loose-agro maniac who has been bluffing repeatedly me from pots.

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
dardo: $60.90
CO: $64.79
Button: $159.55
SB: $50.25
BB: $49.60

Pre-flop: (5 players) dardo is UTG with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif K/images/graemlins/heart.gif
<font color="#cc0000">dardo raises to $2</font>, CO folds, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: 2/images/graemlins/club.gif K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($4.75, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">dardo bets $3.5</font>, Button calls.

Turn: 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($11.75, 2 players)
dardo checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets $12</font>, dardo calls.

River: 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($35.75, 2 players)
dardo checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets $45</font>, <font color="#cc0000">dardo calls all-in $43.4</font>.
Uncalled bets: $1.6 returned to Button.

Results:
Final pot: $122.55

Comments?

regards,

dardo

[Antinome]

This is read dependant, of course, but I've used this 'You called my cbet but I can't quite fold the turn against you with my Jacks' line successfully against villians who will fold to continued aggression but bluff at anything else.

[Pavan]

You have to lead the turn. Dont let him take control of the hand. 5s isnt a scare card

[ajmargarine]

Looks OK bud. Maybe stack-a-donk? c/r the turn ai if you think you are good in case he is drawing to something.

[dardo]

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Looks OK bud. Maybe stack-a-donk? c/r the turn ai if you think you are good in case he is drawing to something.

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I've been finding so many folds lately against my raises that I'm not sure if a c/r was going to be called by a weaker hand. But it's an option, sure.

dardo.

[Mercman572]

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Looks OK bud. Maybe stack-a-donk? c/r the turn ai if you think you are good in case he is drawing to something.

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I've been finding so many folds lately against my raises that I'm not sure if a c/r was going to be called by a weaker hand. But it's an option, sure.

dardo.

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You might not want, or even expect, a, call here: given the history, the Shania of a turn C/R is very valuable. He won't give you such a hard time if you do this once (sometimes twice).

[GtrHtr]

I'd prefer to take down a maniac with a better hand than TPGK.

[dardo]

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I'd prefer to take down a maniac with a better hand than TPGK.

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Yep. That was the point of my post. To see how much are you willing to risk when a maniac fires.

The reward when you catch him are sweet but if the maniac hits the variance can be ugly.

dardo.

[acidca]

I would have played it the same way

[Mal_Pais]

I like. Given your read, his turn bet looks like a float. The river overbet screams "bluff." Maniacs, in my donkified experience, make callable bets when they have a monster. He looks to be trying to push you off of top pair.

Nice hand.

[Sir Winalot]

Yeah, I like this.