So it's 3 bets to me in the BB with A8o....I cap

[Harv72b]

Great, great game. One maniac and another LAG at the table have everyone raising like idiots, and huge pots are the result. So of course I'm card dead and have entered maybe 3 pots in the last 4 orbits.

MP3 is our maniac. Well, "maniac" may not be the right word...he's maniacal preflop, but generally won't put in raises postflop without at least a pair. He will chase any draw to the river, however, including two undercards, and is very capable of bluffing scare cards. His preflop raising standards appear to include any pair, any ace, any king, any two broadway, or just any two other cards when he's feeling lucky. For point of reference, I've seen him call 4 cold preflop with 93o, raise a K94 flop, and bet every street afterwards when nobody reraised.

Button just joined the table an orbit prior. After posting in the CO for his first hand, he 3-bet the maniac's openraise with 22 and won at showdown UI. He value bet the river in that hand. I'm guessing that means he has my read on MP3.



Poker Stars
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $3/$6
9 players
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Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
4 folds, <font color="#cc0000">MP3 raises</font>, CO folds, <font color="#cc0000">Button 3-bets</font>, SB folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero caps</font>...

Thoughts? I plan to release postflop if Button gets all aggressive there, but at least see a river if I'm heads up with MP3 and show down 100% of the time if I improve at all. Maybe 75% of the time when I don't improve.