[TheRempel]

The main mistake people make against these kinds of players is playing big pots in position against the maniac, but OOP against the rest of the field. Obviously it is ideal to be on his right, but you can adjust your preflop and postflop play to accomadate for his aggression.

If the entire table is folding too much you should be playing far more hands and playing more aggressively on the flop. Any hand that is likely to be ahead on the flop or has 12+ outs vs 2-pair should be felted if you can isolate the maniac. Once you build a stack his aggression on the turn and river become much more important.

If people are stacking off too lightly and you are on his left then you'll have to wait for slightly better flops, but you will be able to just smoothcall his flop bet and wait for the ineviitable all in from two pair and [censored] straight and flush draws.

If you are not willing to embrace the variance you will not be able to beat this kind of player unless he is an idiot.