1/3 NL maniac straddles $100 every hand
an interesting situation happened last night where one player sits down, plays pretty aggro and builds and a huge stack in a matter of orbits and then starts straddling $18 every hand
within an hour that $18 straddle has become a $100 straddle
so it's become a game where he mostly takes down $4 each hand but occasionally someone will just call and see a flop with him or just rip it in where he usually calls
I've been thinking about a proper range against this player
i think the real factor here is the risk of players behind you coming over the top, IE A9 is probably a good hand to rip it in against this guy if you're last to act but not if there's still more players left behind who could easily have you crushed
so here's my initial thoughts
1. it's not worth limping because you're investing so much of your stack only to invite a squeeze behind you or give the maniac the option of checking his option where he can dictate the size of the pot preflop - ie he gets a freeroll to check his option and hope for gin when he has rags or he gets to pump it up the few times he has a made hand and then you're likely behind given that you're playing much wider than you usually would for the 33bb call
2. if people are squeezing vs limpers then just limping with premiums would be profitable (but this wasn't the dynamic of the table, everyone was turbo mucking because the maniac called all)
3. ranges
EP range = AQs+ JJ+ - but i think even this may be a little wide
MP range = ATs+ 99+ - this is probably too conservative though
LP range = Axs+, broadways, 55+ ?
last to act =Ax, broadways, all pairs
thoughts, how would you guys have responded?
This is a $1/$3 game it’s just about the smallest game you’re going to find and it’s just about the best game you’re going to find at the smallest stakes. If it’s too big for you then stop worrying about poker strategy and get a real job. The game is not magically a $100 big blind game that only high rollers can play. It’s a $1/$3 game where someone is putting $100 into the pot every hand without looking at their cards. You can play $1/$3 every day for a year and won’t find a better game.
Almost certainly the people who don't want to play this kind of game already have a "real job". They play poker for fun, and this kind of poker isn't fun for them.
If someone plays poker for profit, and especially if they play for a living, this game is a great opportunity and obviously they should stay.
Almost certainly the people who don't want to play this kind of game already have a "real job". They play poker for fun, and this kind of poker isn't fun for them.
If someone plays poker for profit, and especially if they play for a living, this game is a great opportunity and obviously they should stay.
I suppose it’s a different type of autism from the asperger pro who says nothing while playing lines they learned through rote memorization with PIOsolver, and a better type, but leaving the game because someone is betting too much every hand and “that’s not poker” is still something I’m going to laugh at.
Honestly I think it wouldn't be much fun for me either, but the potential for profit would be enough to keep me there until I had a pretty big stack.
I think people are missing the point. Lets say you get this range 2 hands in a row and V is obligated to call w/o looking at his cards. You are obligated to play both hands.
Your shove range is 3-1 favorite.
You start with 1500bb. He starts with 5000bb. There is a 46% chance you go bust before you can catch up to his stack. If you start with 500b, there is a 60% chance. If you have to start with a typical max buyin 200bb theres an 80% chance.
My point is when a true maniac goes on a legendar
The flaw in your logic is that you arent considering the odds of turning a 500 bb bankroll into 5000 without going busto in the regular course of poker, which is almost certainly even worse odds. Youre eating the inevitable variance of poker faster as far as real time or number of poker hands, but over the course of time youll end up with the exact same issue trying to go from 500-> 5000. Or AT MINIMUM youll run into the same problem going from 500-> 10000.
