A couple of hands with maniacs

[mikeca]

I had just got seated at this wild 3/6 game. There were a couple of young drunk kids who were having fun and playing crazy. They had caped all streets 3 or 4 ways on one or two pots in the one round or so that I had been at the table.

Hand 1:

I am in the CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

UTG (maniac) raises, 1 fold, 3 calls, I 3 bet, button folds, SB (maniac) caps it, BB folds, everyone calls the cap.

Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 24 sb, 6 players

SB (maniac) checks, UTG (maniac) bets, MP1 (non-mainiac) calls, fold, MP3 (non-maniac) raise, I raised (?), SB(maniac) calls, UTG (maniac) caps, everyone calls.

Turn: [7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]] 10[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 22 BB, 5 players

SB (maniac) checks, UTG (maniac) bets, MP1 (non-maniac) raises, MP3 (non-maniac) 3 bets, I call (????), SB (maniac) calls, UTG (maniac) calls, MP1 (non-maniac) caps, MP3 (non-maniac) calls, I call (???), everyone else calls.

With two raises from non-maniacs, should I haved folded here.

River: [7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 10[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 42 BB, 5 players

SB (maniac) checks, UTG (maniac) bets, MP1 (non-maniac) raises, MP3 (non-maniac) 3 bets, I fold.

Should I have folded the turn? The flop?

Hand 2:

This is several hours later and almost all the players from the earlier hand are gone. Only one real maniac in this hand, MP1, and one aggressive, but real inexperienced kid that barely looked 21, MP3.

I am UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

I limp, UTG+1 calls, MP1 (maniac) raises, fold, MP3 calls, folded around to me, I call, and UTG+1 calls.

Flop: 10[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8 sb, 4 players

I check (intending to CR), UTG+1 checks, MP1 bets, MP3 raises, I 3 bet, UTG+1 calls 3 cold, MP1 calls, MP3 caps, I call, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds.

I was pretty sure the maniac would bet, which is why I went for the CR. I was afraid everyone would fold if I bet, but the maniac folded for one more sb after calling 3 sb!
Comments on the check raise vs just betting out here.

The rest of this hand it not very interesting. The board did not pair. The turn got capped 3 ways. Only MP3 called my bet on the river. MP3 did not show his cards, but I am guessing a smaller flush. He grabbed his small remaining stack of chips and left the table after this hand.