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Old 05-17-2006, 11:44 PM
Acehawk74 Acehawk74 is offline
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Default Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

Playing against an absolute maniac. Only 10 hands on the guy, but he was 100/90, and I had seen him do the following:

Min-raise every flop not raised to him
Showdown some abysmal hands after calling them down, getting lucky, etc..

I put him on a flush draw on the flop.. and I'm not sure about how I played this. I am new to NL cash games (came from SNGs), and this is at NL 25. The end of the hand made me laugh.

I look forward to your comments.

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
7 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $24.75
UTG+1: $11.60
MP1: $33.25
CO: $30.30
Button: $16.75
Acehawk74: $22.40
BB: $1.35

Pre-flop: (7 players) Acehawk74 is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">MP1 raises to $0.5</font>, 2 folds, Acehawk74 calls $0.4 <font color="#aaaaaa">(pot was $0.85)</font>, BB calls.

Flop: 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($1.5, 3 players)
Acehawk74 checks, BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">MP1 bets $1</font>, Acehawk74 calls $1 <font color="#aaaaaa">(pot was $2.5)</font>, BB folds.

Turn: Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($3.5, 2 players)
Acehawk74 checks, <font color="#cc0000">MP1 bets $3</font>, Acehawk74 calls $3 <font color="#aaaaaa">(pot was $6.5)</font>.

River: K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($9.5, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Acehawk74 bets $5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">MP1 raises to $16</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Acehawk74 calls all-in $12.9</font>.
Uncalled bets: $12.9 returned to Acehawk74.

Results:
Final pot: $30.5
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Old 05-17-2006, 11:47 PM
AllIn3High AllIn3High is offline
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Default Re: Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

I like the way you played this.
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Old 05-17-2006, 11:49 PM
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Default Re: Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

The crux of your hand is the turn. Your pot odds are not really compensating your call. You could have taken the role of the aggressor when the Queen turned giving yourself two ways to take down the pot.


The flop could have been played differently by bet/3bet all-in.
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Old 05-17-2006, 11:51 PM
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Default Re: Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

Yeah, the turn was concerning to me. For some reason, I couldn't let go of the hand in that spot, I just felt too strongly that it was best.

In that case, a raise becomes appropriate, or fold?
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Old 05-17-2006, 11:54 PM
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Default Re: Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

As played CC river
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Old 05-17-2006, 11:55 PM
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Default Re: Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

BTW, I don't disagree w/ the lines Maluik are suggesting, I just hate the spot where I lead the flop and villian calls, but we're in good shape still.

Leading flop is good too. Calling is too. Depends on how villain reacts to being on the defensive.
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Old 05-18-2006, 12:03 AM
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Default Re: Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

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In that case, a raise becomes appropriate, or fold?

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In what spot, flop or turn?
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Old 05-18-2006, 12:05 AM
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Default Re: Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

Turn Mainly. I think I see why you suggested the 3-bet allin on the flop.
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Old 05-18-2006, 12:09 AM
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Default Re: Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

Acehawk74,


The crux of your hand is the turn. Your pot odds are not really compensating your call. You could have taken the role of the aggressor when the Queen turned giving yourself two ways to take down the pot.
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Old 05-18-2006, 12:33 AM
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Default Re: Maniac on flush draw, hows my line?

I understand, thanks for explaining it for me Maulik

and thanks everyone else for thier comments as well.
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