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[JMC9389]

Yeah villain doesn't really have a plan here. He has showdown value so full speed towards the Road Runner tunnel from turn and out with 0 blockers isn't something I'd do, but I guess I would be overthinking this spot as hero, and fold so...

It's highly dependent on live reads and player tendencies. This kind of strategy from villain leads to winning and losing huge pots. Next time he has it he'll get paid from a non-believer making a hero call.

Position and potential ranges are the difference between winning and losing piles when going against these players. Hero happened to have a good hand and got a good run out to his most logical holdings and was ahead of a good deal of the aggro's range.

 

[DrStrange]

The villain read was spot on. Aggressive to a fault. Knowing this earned Hero villain's stack.

Well done -=- DrStrange

 

[Rakrul]

It's highly dependent on live reads and player tendencies. This kind of strategy from villain leads to winning and losing huge pots. Next time he has it he'll get paid from a non-believer making a hero call.

Position and potential ranges are the difference between winning and losing piles when going against these players. Hero happened to have a good hand and got a good run out to his most logical holdings and was ahead of a good deal of the aggro's range.

Well it wasn't a good hand imo, and villain won't have a losing hand often enough to make this profitable. Then again, if the population tendancy is superman-nit then ok, but in any other case this is most likely not a profitable play. (My experience in live is next to nothing, but it tends to be underbluffed and very nitty). If this was a hold'em player, then fine. But he's from Finland and we all know,

Edit: I just assumed this was played in Helsinki Casino but realize I might be waaaay off.
Edit2: I also realize I shot myself in the face as they probaly don't underbluff there.

 

[mipevi]

A maniac is something very different from a LAG player, please don't confuse the two. Maniacs don't really think about appropriate spots to bluff, they will just put constant pressure on you until you either fold or tell them you have a strong hand by raising. The way they make money is by you calling them pre and maybe on one or two streets, only to end up laying your hand down. They are easy to play against once you understand how to exploit their strategy. But they will introduce a lot of volatility regardless, you just need to be prepared for that.

 

[Booshme]

Ok, let's do another hand. Always fun to be on the button, right?

BB: €186.38 (186.4 bb)
UTG: €100.00 (100 bb)
MP: €138.41 (138.4 bb)
CO: €204.23 (204.2 bb)
Hero (BTN): €100.00 (100 bb)
SB: €135.60 (135.6 bb)

SB posts €0.50, BB posts €1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €1.50) Hero has
UTG folds
MP folds
CO folds

Stats say that SB is a TAG and BB a maniac. Action on hero, how to proceed?

Edit: There is no rake for preflop pots.

You pot that all day, solver approved raise

 

[Booshme]

Ok, going ahead with the action. Here I would like to get to the flop with a relatively high SPR to maximize our positional advantage and I also think our hand plays better that way. I don't want to limp though when I could win the blinds and avoid paying rake, so I think a raise to €2.50 might be the sweet spot. In the actual hand I went slightly bigger, as €3 is my standard BTN open.

BB: €186.38 (186.4 bb)
UTG: €100.00 (100 bb)
MP: €138.41 (138.4 bb)
CO: €204.23 (204.2 bb)
Hero (BTN): €100.00 (100 bb)
SB: €135.60 (135.6 bb)

SB posts €0.50, BB posts €1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €1.50) Hero has
UTG folds
MP folds
CO folds
Hero raises to €3.00
SB folds
BB raises to €5.00

And we get min-3bet by the maniac. Well at least he didn't pot it LOL. We make the call.

Flop: (€10.50, 2 players)
BB bets €7.87

Action is on hero, now what?

Depending on how much of a maniac he is I call him down, especially if the straight or flush hits. IME maniacs will then either respect me more or blast off even looser, which is to my huge benefit if I’m willing to embrace the variance and invest a couple buy-ins

 

[davislane]

Depending on how much of a maniac he is I call him down, especially if the straight or flush hits. IME maniacs will then either respect me more or blast off even looser, which is to my huge benefit if I’m willing to embrace the variance and invest a couple buy-ins

deep in the streets

 

[eveamu1]

I would consider potting pre, but its fine. And just call down as you did.