200NL Making a stand against a maniac - 77 faces big bet on the river

[BigDan9]

Villain is 32//20/2.6 over 600 hands. I don’t know the guy particularly well, but one thing he does about 85% of the time is to put in over-sized raises, in late position, attacking several limpers or just the blinds. He clearly doesn’t have a big hand every time he does this and (just looking back at my PT data) his range for this move includes T7o and K5s but also the occasional legitimate hand like AK.

As this guy seems to be playing more at my tables, and is getting away with his favourite move far too often, I wanted to find decent a opportunity to make a stand when in position. Ideally, I would like to showdown a winning but marginal hand to make my point but, next best, would simply be to make a stand and win the hand. Comments appreciated on whether that’s a ridiculous thought process in the first place (do players like this even remember who not to try to steal from?) but also on the way this hand went down…


Ongame Poker No Limit Hold'Em, $1/$2 (6 handed) (a couple of players have just left the table).

SB ($202)
BB ($36)
UTG ($42)
UTG+1 ($196)
CO ($381)
Hero/BTN ($237)


Preflop: Hero is BTN with 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. 2 folds, Villain raises to $14, Hero raises to $36, 2 folds, Villain calls.

Flop: ($75) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Villain checks, Hero bets $50, Villain calls.

Turn: ($175) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Villain checks. Hero checks.

River: ($175) 10[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

Villain bets $100. Hero?

I checked the turn as I felt my only other option was probably to push, which I just didn’t like after being called on the flop. Villain could definitely have a K (and I’m not sure a weak kicker would persuade him to fold) and even a 5. I was hoping for a blank, low card on the river and would probably then have called a reasonable bet on the river. I didn’t like the T, though, or the size of the bet on the river (which had a “please call this” feel to it).

I feel like I’m going to get slaughtered for the way I played this (including the size of the pf raise) but I don’t mind. I can take it… [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]