Playing with a "Blind" Drunk -- what's the maximum EV play here.

[KenProspero]

Late last night 3-6 at Canterbury.

I'm doing pretty well at the table -- up about 15 BB in 2 hours, sitting in the #4 seat.

I was thinking of heading home, when #3 seat opens up, and the new player is obviously impaired, and playing extremely LAGGY -- this could get interesting, and profitable, so I stay a while.

The problem -- the guy can't read the table from the #3 seat, every hand, he's asking the dealer to read the cards out. One hand, because of the combination of booze and eyesight, he doesn't realize that he's won the hand with a nut straight -- didn't know he hit it on the river, and just called the last bet -- well, cause that's what he does.

So, after too short a time -- he looks like he's going to get up and leave, begins complaining after every hand (maybe he'd have stayed, but that's my concern).

So -- here's the question.

Should I offer to swap seats with him.

On the plus side -- I want to keep this guy in the game as long as possible.

On the minus side -- I'm giving up a lot by moving out of position with respect to him, and maybe he won't leave.

[ItzMrFish2U]

Keep in mind the tone of the table will change after this guy joins. People will most likely become impatient and become more aggressive.

So keeping this drunk LAG at the table could have it's benefits if the remainder of the table keeps level head. But one LAG can screw up the balance and bring others down to their level.

So, if you have handle the increase variance AND make dynamic adjustments as others react to the drunk then by all means stick around. If not, go home.