$100 NL HE MTT: Correct way to handle a maniac with TT?

[BigKulpPoker]

Game

Hold'em

Game Format

No Limit

Table Format

MTT

Buy-in

100

Currency

$

5 bet allin with TT against a maniac in poker holdem tournament

Normally a 5 bet allin with TT is not advised but against a maniac who is playing 40% of his hands and 3 betting 10% of the time. Pocket tens finally won me a big pot.

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Would you wait for a better hand?

 

[fundiver199]

Obviously the opponent was quite out of line here cold 4-betting ATo against an UTG open and a 3-bet. But with that being said a 10% 3-bet is not that high. So the question here is, if you acted on a good read, or if you just got lucky and ran into the absolute bottom of his range? Also TT is often just called against an UTG open rather than 3-bet. So all in all I am not completely loving this hand, although it ended up working out for you.

 

[WrongUsername]

nah i wouldn´t, i like the way u play the hand.

 

[BigKulpPoker]

Obviously the opponent was quite out of line here cold 4-betting ATo against an UTG open and a 3-bet. But with that being said a 10% 3-bet is not that high. So the question here is, if you acted on a good read, or if you just got lucky and ran into the absolute bottom of his range? Also TT is often just called against an UTG open rather than 3-bet. So all in all I am not completely loving this hand, although it ended up working out for you.

I wasn't going to keep folding every open because he 3bets and 4 bets it. How often do you actually get a hand better than TT?
Oddly enough, just 53% against top 10% of hands, so it is thin.

 

[ADRI7HO]

Pre-flop all-in with A.10o was an interesting move from the opponent. In my opinion, this game would only have made sense if the table image was a strong tighter player, because with a manic player image it really made no sense.
I would have accepted the call with TT pair if I knew that the opponent was a maniac, if it was tighter I would have accepted this half-bluff and folded my hand pre-flop.

 

[feisas7991]

3bet QQ mix JJ imo. n and loads of bluffs instead of tt
against 4b you are absolutely toasted there
Hope this helps and Good Luck!