Sorry to bother you guys again. I just finished playing this hand. The dude was a maniac fish (lots of preflop all-ins and raises with hands like TJ and 86s). I put him on a low-end straight or a pure bluff. Truth is, I just wanted to bust him and maybe get rid of him. So was this play totally out of line?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed)

MP1 ($48.35)
MP2 ($47)
MP3 ($44.7)
CO ($23.65)
Button ($32.1)
SB ($45)
BB ($81.74)
Hero ($67.35)
UTG+1 ($51.25)
UTG+2 ($79.75)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , . SB posts a blind of $0.25.
Hero raises to $1.5, 3 folds, MP2 calls $1.50, 1 fold, CO calls $1.50, 3 folds.

Flop: ($5.25) , , (3 players)
Hero bets $2, MP2 folds, CO calls $2.

Turn: ($9.25) (2 players)
Hero bets $5, mikemcbluff is all-In [$20.15], Hero calls $15.15.

River: ($29.40) (2 players)

Final Pot: $29.40

Bet $4 instead of $2 on the flop...more people will respect that bet and fold.

As for the turn....you bet weak again. At least you had teh nut flush draw but I wouldn't be calling that bet. to call $15 into a $30 with a flush draw with one card to come... isn't near what it needs to be.

I think you have to wait for a better opportunity to get this maniac. You only had 9 outs for the nut with only the river to come. That gives you about 17% of chances of hitting. That is not the situation you want to be against anyone. I really dont think you can count A or K as outs in an all in situation.

I think calling that all in was out of line but I do understand you because that kind of players really make me mad sometimes. We have to work a little bit with patience against the maniacs.

Alex

Turns out Mr Maniac cold-called my raise with . That didn't make me love him any more. Ha, ha. I left the table pretty soon after.

Yeah, in retrospect, I shouldn't have gone after him. I was steaming a bit.