3 hands vs semi-maniac...too weak??

[benny999]

Villain is a borderline maniac, I think 60/20 and aggro. He will call with a ton of cards in small pots but fold a lot in medium pots to raises, and he'll bet at weakness most times but not every time. When he does he always follows through on the turn/river with pot sized bets. He keeps his bluffs consistent with made hands though, and does tricky stuff (once cold call me pf with KK, then checked behind a low flop...).

I am like 25/18, and showed down a float to villain once so I don't think he sees me as too weak-tight.

******* Hand 1 ********

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $27
CO: $438.60
Button: $414.90
SB: $236.30
Hero: $331.40

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with Q Q
UTG folds, CO calls, Button raises to $7, SB folds, Hero raises to $22, CO calls, Button calls.

Flop: A 9 5 ($67, 3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, Button bets $65, Hero folds, CO folds.
Uncalled bets: $65 returned to Button.

Results:
Final pot: $67


******* Hand 2 ********

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
4 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $269.10
SB: $236.3
Hero: $201
SB: $248.80
BB: $480.10

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is Button with J J
UTG folds, Hero raises to $8, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: J 4 9 ($17, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $14, BB calls.

Turn: 8 ($45, 2 players)
BB bets $40, Hero calls.

River: K ($125, 2 players)
BB bets $100, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $100 returned to BB.

Results:
Final pot: $125

******* Hand 3 ********

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
4 players
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Stack sizes:
CO: $534.8
Hero: $489
Button: $204.90
SB: $298.10
BB: $580

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is UTG with 9 9
Hero raises to $8, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: 8 5 J ($24, 3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $19, Hero folds, SB calls.

Turn: 5 ($62, 2 players)
SB checks, BB bets $45, SB calls.

River: 3 ($152, 2 players)
SB checks, BB bets $100, SB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $352

I think I shoulda raised the flop in this last one even though it gets him to fold a bluff. Not really sure of the other two.

[euphoricism]

Hand 1 is definitely a shitty flop for you. I dont *mind* your check/fold, because finding out if your good is going to be expensive and not worth the fight.

Hand 2, umm. Bad. Bad bad bad. Reraise the turn either 3-4x or just push it. I'm cool felting it on the turn. If he has a flush you have 10 outs, if he has a pair+redraw you're ahead. As played, you HAVE to call this river.

Hand 3 is fine.

[benny999]

#2 was like the worst possible turn card. So I pay QT or 2 spades off because of his image? I didn't push the turn since he prob folds a semi bluff, but maybe not. Then I only really beat a bluff on the river...but I guess it is likely enough, and maybe he played a set or 2pr weird, arg

Does anybody like a cbet "bluff" in #1? I don't think he'd call it without an ace (at least hope not), but would bet if checked to with any 2 and continue on the turn/river.

[thnwkd]

Does anybody like a cbet "bluff" in #1? I don't think he'd call it without an ace (at least hope not), but would bet if checked to with any 2 and continue on the turn/river.

Unless you put him squarely on AA/AK I think you should cbet this a large percentage of the time.

[scarface737]

on hand 2 u have to raise the turn he can easily have something like kq with one spade; ull never know if u dont raise to find out where ur at if he re raises give him credit for the flush. other hands were fine

[benny999]

Now that I calculate it, even a min raise on the turn in #2 pot comits me if he pushes...which might not be bad since he's comitted to call with a combo draw. Still not sure what is optimal though...

In 1 and 3 I think it's worth betting/raising at least one of them, maybe both, purely to see where I'm at...even though I hate doing that, it seems like the best move against this guy.