A8 and a few other hands against a Maniac

[WhodeyX]

To preface this, this guy had been playing ATC the whole night. He'd been exposed yet he still played with the same style. This kind of play scares the hell out of me because every once in awhile they will hit.

full tilt poker Game #3022112111: Table Liberty View - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:38:59 ET - 2007/07/22
Seat 1: Joker_of_Iron ($46.75)
Seat 2: lucudc ($37.50)
Seat 3: whodeyX ($72.40)
Seat 4: Rahamay1 ($166.75)
Seat 5: Strongbad714 ($93.20)
Seat 6: seb87 ($58.85)
Seat 7: Inflated ($94.15)
Seat 8: RalphPerry ($50)
Seat 9: Lurifax222 ($49.50)
seb87 posts the small blind of $0.25
Inflated posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to whodeyX [8c Ah]
RalphPerry folds
Lurifax222 folds
Joker_of_Iron folds
lucudc folds
whodeyX calls $0.50
Rahamay1 has 15 seconds left to act
Rahamay1 raises to $4
Strongbad714 folds
seb87 folds
Inflated folds
whodeyX calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [7h 6c 7c]
whodeyX checks
Rahamay1 checks
*** TURN *** [7h 6c 7c] [8s]
whodeyX bets $8.75
Rahamay1 raises to $17.50
whodeyX calls $8.75
*** RIVER *** [7h 6c 7c 8s] [4c]
whodeyX checks
Rahamay1 has 15 seconds left to act
Rahamay1 bets $23.50
whodeyX calls $23.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rahamay1 shows [2s 9d] a pair of Sevens
whodeyX shows [8c Ah] two pair, Eights and Sevens
whodeyX wins the pot ($87.75) with two pair, Eights and Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $90.75 | Rake $3
Board: [7h 6c 7c 8s 4c]
Seat 3: whodeyX showed [8c Ah] and won ($87.75) with two pair, Eights and Sevens
Seat 4: Rahamay1 showed [2s 9d] and lost with a pair of Sevens

Classic maniac. Beware of people playing like this.

 

[WhodeyX]

The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to whodeyX [Qc Ah]
seb87 folds
Inflated folds
RalphPerry folds
TEFE1974 folds
abouzzooz calls $0.50
lucudc folds
whodeyX calls $0.50
Strongbad714: he had a flush draw and straight draw
Rahamay1 has 15 seconds left to act
Rahamay1 raises to $6.50
Strongbad714 folds
abouzzooz folds
whodeyX calls $6
*** FLOP *** [Ad Ts Ks]
seb87: uh
Rahamay1 bets $11.50
whodeyX raises to $40
seb87: why raise to 5.50 preflop with 10 2?
Rahamay1 has 15 seconds left to act
Rahamay1 raises to $78, and is all in
whodeyX calls $30.40, and is all in
Rahamay1 shows [7h Ac]
whodeyX shows [Qc Ah]
Uncalled bet of $7.60 returned to Rahamay1
seb87: seb87: why raise to 5.50 preflop with
*** TURN *** [Ad Ts Ks] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Ad Ts Ks 3h] [Th]
Rahamay1 shows two pair, Aces and Tens
whodeyX shows two pair, Aces and Tens
Rahamay1 ties for the pot ($75.90) with two pair, Aces and Tens
whodeyX ties for the pot ($75.90) with two pair, Aces and Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $154.80 | Rake $3


Had he not rivered that pair, I would be a richer man. I knew he had inferior cards and he sucked out a split pot. He raised a little more than his typical $4 raise but I still figured him for something mediocre, probabaly Kx or Ax, which he had.

 

[ddh540]

dont get into a grudge match with a maniac. The poker gods dont like it and cause you to smash computer monitors. I've heard this from a reliable source!

 

[ph_il]

dont get into a grudge match with a maniac. The poker gods dont like it and cause you to smash computer monitors. I've heard this from a reliable source!

What reliable source is this?

If you have a maniac at the table, thats great! Sit back, relax, and wait for a big hand. then let that maniac keep on betting into you. Its so easy to trap and make money off of maniacs if you just tighten up and be patient.

 

[WhodeyX]

What reliable source is this?

If you have a maniac at the table, thats great! Sit back, relax, and wait for a big hand. then let that maniac keep on betting into you. Its so easy to trap and make money off of maniacs if you just tighten up and be patient.

I would concur. I made about $90 from this guy alone last night. He took down $40 bucks from me when he caught a jack when he had pockets. The board was AK8, yet he couldn't let go of his lower pocket pair. Got lucky and caught 1 of his whopping 2 outs but he payed for it with his other hands.

 

[shark vs fish]

What you don't want to do against a maniac is calling his big preflop raise with A8. You got lucky here.

 

[Wolfpack43ACC]

yea don't tease the wild animal with hands like A8, let them keep taking the blinds down and pushing people out of pots maybe even you a few times. wait for the monster because they will fall into the trap, and then your paid off.