Thinker_145
Visionary
Silver Level
This is a live home game between friends.
The villain is a total maniac sitting at 350 BB(300 BB buy in). He is one of those players who will end up betting everything with nothing or a mediocre hand however he does not usually call everything without a big hand. When he is raising you he can have literally anything imaginable. When he check raises is usually when he has a real hand but that's not a certainty. I am sitting on his left which is perfect for me.
He is UTG and open raises 10 BB(very usual thing for him). I call with 55 and 2 more players call.
I am sitting with 300 BB(150 BB buy in).
The flop is Kc7c5d. Villain checks, I raise 20 BB, 2 folds and then villain raises to 60 BB. It is entirely possible that he has the nut flush draw or even 68 and it's just extremely difficult to fold my hand on any later street against this player. If he had a set then I am ready to lose everything. So I raise 210 BB, he tanks for a long time and folds AK. I have no doubt if I flat call his check raise he would lead big on the turn regardless of what came.
Now do you think that I should have taken a risk by just flat calling his check raise? I had a big enough hand to try to trap a maniac? Or do you suppose I should be happy with winning 90 BB? I feel I sometimes play far too aggressively and should take a little more risk in trapping loose players.
The villain is a total maniac sitting at 350 BB(300 BB buy in). He is one of those players who will end up betting everything with nothing or a mediocre hand however he does not usually call everything without a big hand. When he is raising you he can have literally anything imaginable. When he check raises is usually when he has a real hand but that's not a certainty. I am sitting on his left which is perfect for me.
He is UTG and open raises 10 BB(very usual thing for him). I call with 55 and 2 more players call.
I am sitting with 300 BB(150 BB buy in).
The flop is Kc7c5d. Villain checks, I raise 20 BB, 2 folds and then villain raises to 60 BB. It is entirely possible that he has the nut flush draw or even 68 and it's just extremely difficult to fold my hand on any later street against this player. If he had a set then I am ready to lose everything. So I raise 210 BB, he tanks for a long time and folds AK. I have no doubt if I flat call his check raise he would lead big on the turn regardless of what came.
Now do you think that I should have taken a risk by just flat calling his check raise? I had a big enough hand to try to trap a maniac? Or do you suppose I should be happy with winning 90 BB? I feel I sometimes play far too aggressively and should take a little more risk in trapping loose players.