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Old 06-19-2006, 12:49 AM
PayoffWiz PayoffWiz is offline
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Default Two Top Pair hands against a suspected maniac.

Villain's stats over 8 hands is 87/0.

Edit: I also should mention that I was sitting out waiting to post my blinds for a few hands and villain was taking some questionable hands to showdown.

Hand #1

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

CO ($123.69)
Button ($51.95)
<font color="#C00000">SB ($80.65)</font>
BB ($88.80)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($106.79)</font>
MP ($100)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
Hero calls $1, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($3) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, SB calls $3, BB folds.

Turn: ($9) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, SB calls $6.

River: ($21) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $22.01</font>.

Hand #2

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saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

SB ($124.69)
BB ($50.15)
<font color="#C00000">UTG ($54.04)</font>
MP ($91.80)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($134.20)</font>
Button ($99.50)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG calls $1, MP calls $1, Hero calls $1, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($5) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $1</font>, MP calls $1, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $5</font>, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls $4, MP folds.

Turn: ($16) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, Hero checks.

River: ($16) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $20.41</font>
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Old 06-19-2006, 12:51 AM
Al_Money Al_Money is offline
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Default Re: Two Top Pair hands against a suspected maniac.

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Villain's stats over 8 hands is 87/0.

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8 hands? C'mon now..
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Old 06-19-2006, 12:52 AM
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Default Re: Two Top Pair hands against a suspected maniac.

first off 8 hands is nothing

hand 1: fold or raise preflop, fold river

hand 2: i might call this one, its close though
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Old 06-19-2006, 12:54 AM
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Default Re: Two Top Pair hands against a suspected maniac.

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first off 8 hands is nothing

hand 1: fold or raise preflop, fold river



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This was the kind of table where limping with a speculative hand made sense because people were making large postflop mistakes.
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Old 06-19-2006, 01:33 AM
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Default Re: Two Top Pair hands against a suspected maniac.

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first off 8 hands is nothing

hand 1: fold or raise preflop, fold river



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This was the kind of table where limping with a speculative hand made sense because people were making large postflop mistakes.

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Either way, JTo is not a good hand to be limping UTG. And you're playing for a big hand. Play big pots with big hands, not a pair.
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Old 06-19-2006, 02:51 AM
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Default Re: Two Top Pair hands against a suspected maniac.

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first off 8 hands is nothing

hand 1: fold or raise preflop, fold river



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This was the kind of table where limping with a speculative hand made sense because people were making large postflop mistakes.

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Either way, JTo is not a good hand to be limping UTG. And you're playing for a big hand. Play big pots with big hands, not a pair.

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This was not a big pot.
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