Re: Can players with very loose preflop selection be winners?
As mikeca says, this "maniac" strategy can work.
It is written up in HAP, I believe.
I saw this a couple of weeks ago in B&M 3/6 game.
This guy would bet 50% of his hands all the way
down. At the river he would be heads up. But if
he wins 1/3 of the hands he will be good. I
called him down once and beat him with A-high.
I left the table because I did not have position
on him. I described his strategy to the guy
sitting next to me and he said "I just play my
cards". You can see why the maniac had a big
chip stack.
The best way to play these guys is to sit to their
left, wait for cards and re-raise. HAP calls this
"isolate and punish". Once you are onto him he
won't last long.
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