I play live poker in a rebuy often against a fool who shoves preflop from utg without looking at his cards.. j 8 off is 49.8 % against any random hand heads up so if i have any equity in the pot and noone behind i get it in witb him and it works. Usually im better than J8 though but the strategy works when im online and headsup with a fool doing it online too..
GREAT RESPONSE. I hate when there a a player constantly shoving at the table. There is no skill involved with this type of player. And I too have seen some freaky runs with someone who shoves 8-10 times in a row and gets called on a bunch of them and seems to win each time.
For me, I will not wait for premium
hands to get in the mix because I know the maniac is shoving with basically any two, so I have a wider than normal range in most cases. However, I normally do this from late position so that I know I can get maniac heads up. I don't want someone else coming in behind me with a shove too. If I am in EP, then I limp with monsters to encourage the maniac to continue to shove. Middle position my range is much tighter, I am hoping to catch a premium hand that I can get all in with, or, I am hoping someone else nocks maniac off...or at least down.