OESD vs a 3betting maniac.

[Eraserhead]

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I cap preflop.

Postflop looks ok if you think he folds Ax

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Hi, I'm fairly new to the game. Why do you want to cap preflop? Is it because the guy has a wide 3-betting range and you figure to be best, or is to get the initiative, or both?

My thinking agaist LAGs is more or less playing passively unsless I have something I "know" beat them or if I have a strong draw, otherwise I'm always trying to get to SD cheap when having SD value, against a Villain that is 51/31/2.2 maybe not with KT.

I like the postflop play, can we call the river? Is there a big enough chance that Villian hit a flush draw on turn that missed (and doesn't include an Ace)? I guess not. If we had taken the free card, would we then have called a bet on river, the pot is of course small but the likelyhood that villain bluffs is far greater. I seem to call down sometimes to get info, in this hand I'd like to get a range on his 3-betting for example. Is this a to expensive way of getting it?

Last thing, why is he labelled "3-betting maniac"? I agree that 51/31/2.2 is laggy preflop but I wouldn't say maniac.