3/6 couple lines vs maniac

[KilgoreTrout]

Thanks for the feedback.

Hand 3 was 5-handed, btw.

I didn't want to play a big pot oop with a mediocre hand against the good player. BB was still to act, and I knew the maniac was capping. Seemed expensive for 88 there on the one hand, but also seemed weak when I let it go. Like I said, I had to blow the dust off my maniac play.

I'll check my hh when I get home. There were some other strange hands, mostly calldowns HU vs. the maniac where I knew I was good but couldn't bring myself to raise him. Missed some bets.

[Absolution]

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Thanks for the feedback.

Hand 3 was 5-handed, btw.

I didn't want to play a big pot oop with a mediocre hand against the good player. BB was still to act, and I knew the maniac was capping. Seemed expensive for 88 there on the one hand, but also seemed weak when I let it go. Like I said, I had to blow the dust off my maniac play.

I'll check my hh when I get home. There were some other strange hands, mostly calldowns HU vs. the maniac where I knew I was good but couldn't bring myself to raise him. Missed some bets.

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The variance is higher, but you would raise the good player if he had just opened and not 3-bet the maniac. This situation is really not different, except that the maniac is adding money to the pot, which means it's going to be more difficult to win this before the river. There are still a lot of good flops for this hand and you have good equity.