$4 NLHE Full Ring: AK against maniac w/ good draws ($4NL micros)

rowhousepd

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Villian Stats (VPIP/PFR/AF): 50/25/2.5

I was playing against a total crazy maniac (50/25/2.5) over about 100 hands and had seen him just dumping chip & rebuying like a real (drunk?) idiot. I wanted in. Here's how it went.....

Merge, $0.02/$0.04 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 8 Players
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BTN: $3.94 (98.5 bb)
SB: $2 (50 bb)
Hero (BB): $4 (100 bb)
UTG+2: $3.76 (94 bb)
MP1: $3.70 (92.5 bb)
MP2: $6.71 (167.8 bb)
MP3: $4.42 (110.5 bb)
CO: $11.43 (285.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A♣ K
3 folds, MP3 raises to $0.14, 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.44, MP3 calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.90) 5 3 Q (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $0.90, Hero calls $0.90
This maniac would have bet on just about any flop, so a wet one like this didn't necessarily scare bc of my K ♥. My A is a blocker against some of his Ax hands ... but am I saying? There the point of trying to put him on a range. He could have QQ just as easily as 89 and will bet like he's got the nuts w/ whatever. Knowing it's is coming, perhaps unwisely, I call the large bet.​
Turn: ($2.70) J ♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $3.08 and is all-in, Hero ... ???
Ok, this is nice I think; I have a near nut flush and an inside straight draw. My Ace might not be good if he's got like AQ or AJ or waaaay worse. This very well could be an 18 outer (FD + ISD + Overs), but even w/out some of them, there are still a lot of cards that can crush his possibly junk hand.

One problem though, my stack is getting short and he shoves (for like the 10th time in the last half hour). It's almost exactly 2:1 pot odds to call. What do I do? Am I stoopid for getting this far into this mess?
 
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well your the hero ya made it this far dont keep us in suspence the smart move would be to fold but emotions may play here.
 
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Call, if he is as maniac as u say your A/K is probably good if u catch.
 
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Call, he is a maniac and you got at least 9 outs, not to mention you could already have the best hand (which is likely I think).
 
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I've also been thinking about either check-shoving the flop, or maybe just leading w/ a donk. According to Stove, I'm a 65% favorite (vs a standard 25 prf) on the flop, so a shove might not be crazy.

And w/ an donk, if he raises this is going to narrows his range a little thus I might not want to a call or shove on the turn.

Call, he is a maniac and you got at least 9 outs, not to mention you could already have the best hand (which is likely I think).

I was actually thinking 17 outs (the 9 hearts, the 3 tens, the 2 other A's, and the 3 K's), but maybe 16 is he possibly has the other Ah.
 
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Against these maniac types I generally just shove it preflop if I am out of position. As played, I fold and wait for a better spot.
 
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Raise more preflop. Cbet and get the money in. As played, shove the flop.
 
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Raise more preflop. Cbet and get the money in. As played, shove the flop.
I generally 3b about 3x the original raise. Is this too little do you think -- or just not enough in this case bc I'm facing a maniac?
 
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