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Old 10-10-2007, 10:25 PM
jman220 jman220 is offline
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Default Live No Limit $300 AC Hands against Ubermaniac.

Playing $1/$2 No Limit at Caesar's. Villain is ubermaniac. Reads are as follows (they are all relevant):

1. I got to Caesar's at around 11 A.M. Saturday. All tables were full and there was a waiting list, and no dealers to open a new table. Ubermaniac shows up, speaks with the floor, and they open a new $1/$2 table, with a pit boss dealing (I have never seen this and I've been to AC casinos frequently).

2. Ubermaniac attempts to sit down with $1,000 (pulling money out of a stack of $100's that I can only assume was around 5-10k) until pit boss tells him table maximum is $300. Ubermaniac is wearing diamond ring with diamond the size of a nickel (couldn't tell if it was real). Ubermaniac claims to have won $100,000 playing 10k a hand roulette the night before and is now "just messing around."

3. I am sitting two positions to the right of ubermaniac.

4. Ubermaniac raises every hand (EVERY HAND) preflop to either $12 or $17. Usually $17. The nice thing is, ubermaniac is considerate enough to stack his pf raise before the hand is even dealt, in either a pile of $12 or $17 so entire table knows how much he plans to raise.

5. Ubermaniac does not have even the rudimentary understanding of poker that one gets from watching it on TV, asking questions during play such as "I guess AK is a pretty good hand?," and "What are the best hands?"

6. Ubermaniac is incredibly aggressive and plays nearly every hand to showdown. Sample hands include an ubermaniac EP pf raise to $17, a reraise by MP to $75, a reraise by Uber to $200, an all in by MP to $400, a call by Uber who show's 10/4 suited against MP's pocket queens, numerous other hands like this. Ubermaniac plays most hands to showdown, frequently calling down with as little as King or Queen High. During the course of the session Ubermaniac dumps around 3 or 4 grand into the table.

So I'm sitting two to the right of this guy. Nobody else at the table is very good (or aggressive), and when he raises to $17 generally call to see if they can outflop him if they have a halfway decent starting hand. My first question is, I've adopted a strategy (since I'm in the unique position of seeing how many people are going to call his $17 raise before acting myself) of pushing back with a strong reraise on any premium starting hand, figuring I'll push out all the middle callers, and be facing a random hand with lots of money in the pot with a premium hand. Thoughts on this line?

Anyway, here are some hands that came up using this strategy:

Hero is one off button with stack ~$500, Uber is Big Blind. Uber has conveniently stacked $17 in chips before this hand started. Hero is dealt 10s10c. EP1 folds, EP2 folds, MP1 calls $2, MP2 calls $2 one of the LP's calls for $2, and I call for $2, Button Folds, Small Blind Folds, Uber predictably raises to $17, all the players that called $2 call the $17, and I raise $65 on top. Uber calls, rest fold. Flop 2/7/9 rainbow. Uber Checks, I bet $200, Uber Calls. Turn is an offsuit Ace. Hero?


Next Hand:

Hero has ~$1100, UberManiac has ~$600.

Hero is EP w/ A/J spades. Uber is MP and showing another raise of $17. Hero Calls. Uber raises 2 callers in LP including the button. Hero raises $60. (Thoughts on this? Am I doing this with holdings that are too nominal considering the other two callers? Should I only be doing this with top ten hands?)

Next Hand: Hero has ~$1300 is in LP, dealt 9s/9c. Uber ~$400 is SB I think, has stacked only $12 this time before the hand. 3 Callers in between Uber and myself. Hero Raises $50, Uber calls, all others fold. Flop: 7s/2s/Qc rainbow. Uber Checks, Hero bets $100, Uber Calls. Turn: Js Hero?

Edit: I guess this post is as much about general strategies, calling/raising ranges against a player like this as it is about the particular hands I've posted. There are lot more hands like it, and I was in a lot of situations that I don't often find myself in live where I have no idea whatsoever what I'm up against in a hand, and how to play against it.
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Old 10-10-2007, 11:37 PM
jjshabado jjshabado is offline
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Default Re: Live No Limit $300 AC Hands against Ubermaniac.

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Hero is one off button with stack ~$500, Uber is Big Blind. Uber has conveniently stacked $17 in chips before this hand started. Hero is dealt 10s10c. EP1 folds, EP2 folds, MP1 calls $2, MP2 calls $2 one of the LP's calls for $2, and I call for $2, Button Folds, Small Blind Folds, Uber predictably raises to $17, all the players that called $2 call the $17, and I raise $65 on top. Uber calls, rest fold. Flop 2/7/9 rainbow. Uber Checks, I bet $200, Uber Calls. Turn is an offsuit Ace. Hero?

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Easy push. He's calling with much more than an A. I think I might even push the flop because it sounds like he would have called.


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Next Hand:

Hero has ~$1100, UberManiac has ~$600.

Hero is EP w/ A/J spades. Uber is MP and showing another raise of $17. Hero Calls. Uber raises 2 callers in LP including the button. Hero raises $60. (Thoughts on this? Am I doing this with holdings that are too nominal considering the other two callers? Should I only be doing this with top ten hands?)


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I don't really like this raise because you're probably getting at least one other caller and potentially both of them. So I'd save the limp/re-raise for better hands and better position, unless its becoming obvious thats what you're doing. I think you could make a case for raising quite a bit more (maybe to 100) because you're likely way ahead of uber's range and he's likely to call. But that doesn't really give the other two guys that great of odds to call with.


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Next Hand: Hero has ~$1300 is in LP, dealt 9s/9c. Uber ~$400 is SB I think, has stacked only $12 this time before the hand. 3 Callers in between Uber and myself. Hero Raises $50, Uber calls, all others fold. Flop: 7s/2s/Qc rainbow. Uber Checks, Hero bets $100, Uber Calls. Turn: Js Hero?


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I think this is another easy push. Maybe I'm thinking Uber is a bit worse then you think, but it sounds like he's calling here lots of time with hands that are worse then you're 9s.

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Edit: I guess this post is as much about general strategies, calling/raising ranges against a player like this as it is about the particular hands I've posted. There are lot more hands like it, and I was in a lot of situations that I don't often find myself in live where I have no idea whatsoever what I'm up against in a hand, and how to play against it.

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It sounds like you had a great game and played it really well. Push your edges, and try to isolate the maniac. Thats about all you can do, after that you just have to buckle up and enjoy the crazy variance train to money town.
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Old 10-10-2007, 11:38 PM
KurtSF KurtSF is offline
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Default Re: Live No Limit $300 AC Hands against Ubermaniac.

You table select goot.

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Hero is one off button with stack ~$500, Uber is Big Blind. Uber has conveniently stacked $17 in chips before this hand started. Hero is dealt 10s10c. EP1 folds, EP2 folds, MP1 calls $2, MP2 calls $2 one of the LP's calls for $2, and I call for $2, Button Folds, Small Blind Folds, Uber predictably raises to $17, all the players that called $2 call the $17, and I raise $65 on top. Uber calls, rest fold. Flop 2/7/9 rainbow. Uber Checks, I bet $200, Uber Calls. Turn is an offsuit Ace. Hero?


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$150 preflop. Shove flop. Shove any flop with less than 2 overs.

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Next Hand:

Hero has ~$1100, UberManiac has ~$600.

Hero is EP w/ A/J spades. Uber is MP and showing another raise of $17. Hero Calls. Uber raises 2 callers in LP including the button. Hero raises $60. (Thoughts on this? Am I doing this with holdings that are too nominal considering the other two callers? Should I only be doing this with top ten hands?)

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No, if the others will fold to your big bets AJ is a great hand against ATC. I like slightly more here, but $60 is fine. See a flop and get it in ASAP with TP or better.


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Next Hand: Hero has ~$1300 is in LP, dealt 9s/9c. Uber ~$400 is SB I think, has stacked only $12 this time before the hand. 3 Callers in between Uber and myself. Hero Raises $50, Uber calls, all others fold. Flop: 7s/2s/Qc rainbow. Uber Checks, Hero bets $100, Uber Calls. Turn: Js Hero?

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I don't like this spot. He will bet if you check. He has $250 behind? Just shove. NH.

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Edit: I guess this post is as much about general strategies, calling/raising ranges against a player like this as it is about the particular hands I've posted. There are lot more hands like it, and I was in a lot of situations that I don't often find myself in live where I have no idea whatsoever what I'm up against in a hand, and how to play against it.

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Yeah, its a very unique situation. I just went off the top of my head here. If there's some interest I'll maybe dig a little more. Nice post.
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Old 10-10-2007, 11:48 PM
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Default Re: Live No Limit $300 AC Hands against Ubermaniac.

I would play it basically the same strategy wise. Limping big hands and then 3betting. However, I would make all raise sizes larger.

I hand 1 I would raise it $100 on top preflop and then bet the flop for like 3/4 pot. As played I think I'd just stick it in since he's calling down all pairs. If he might bluff though but not call with just high card then I probably would check and then call the river shove or put it in yourself.

In hand 2, I would make it $117 total again. You dominate average calling ranges for bad live players vs. a huge fish.

For the third hand I would make it $100 straight preflop and shove the flop. As played shoving the turn looks fine since you'll have the best hand sometimes and the best draw other times.
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