200NL HU cash FTP vs absolute maniac

[r1base14]

No it isnt that Mana guy. I've played him once or twice, he didn't give me fits like the other guy. When I get home from work I'll post the s/n of villain to see if you have any experience with him.

[r1base14]

cwar, what hands do you choose to play back with? Do you simply wait for mid to high PP's, middle/big suited connectors and two big cards?

Ryan

[cwar]

If your getting action like it seems you are theres no reason to be 3-betting light so I would only 3-bet strong aces and mid to large PP's, KQ. If he reacts to your tight 3-betting range then you can loosen up with things like 54s-98s, small PP's, suited aces.

Remember the reason your 3-betting light is either because your villain plays too tightly or for deception so the hands I described work the best because they hit lower boards hard which would generally not be in your 3-betting range if you werent mixing up your play (your making a small mistake early to induce larger mistakes later, things like villain misreading your range and paying you off or folding too much).

K8o is definitely a hand you want to call the raise with but putting more money OOP with the hand is a bad idea, especially against an aggressive villain who is using position. Its going to perform best in small to medium sized pots when you flop a pair thus not good for 3-betting.

[winterGT]

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Remember the reason your 3-betting light is either because your villain plays too tightly

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Sorry for the slight hijack but could you explain this reasoning please?

[cwar]

A lot of player play a very weak tight game or play very weak tight against a 3-bet it takes the initiative.

[Isura]

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craise the turn for value

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This is horrible. Basically , it is a frequency thing. Pretty much you must decide how often he is 3-barreling you. I don't mind the calldown but these calldowns are read dependent. Get your read and then go with it.

Also, I would fold PF against this opponent. Sometimes call if he is passive bad postflop, but calling or reraising against an aggressive opponent with K8o is leaking money.

[omgwtfnoway]

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Remember the reason your 3-betting light is either because your villain plays too tightly

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Sorry for the slight hijack but could you explain this reasoning please?

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the villain is playing tightly with respect to calling your 3bets. if villain will raise 100% on the button but only call your reraise 10% of the time you should open up your reraising range.

[creedofhubris]

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K8o is definitely a hand you want to call the raise

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No it isn't, it's a piece of smelly cheese to be discarded.