Hi all,

I was reviewing my last session and these spots are still a bit unclear to me. If you can give any advices about how to play these hands, I'd appreciate.

HAND 1: Facing a maniac.
I lost a lot with this hand. The table was full of donkeys and the villain that called me was a maniac. He was running 61/26 and I was playing tight just for value. However, I decided to second barrel in the turn and he min raised me. I called, but in retrospect, I should have fold to the raise, right? Once I called, should I try a block bet on the river? The most difficult thing here is that a maniac would play this hand the same way regardless of the strength of his hand. I see all the time donkeys bluffing in these spots.

No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($11.14)
SB ($8.38)
BB ($10.03)
Hero (UTG) ($20.71)
MP ($9.59)
CO ($15.26)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, Q
Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, CO calls $0.40, 1 fold, SB calls $0.35, BB calls $0.30

Flop: ($1.60) 2, 10, Q (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $1, CO calls $1, 2 folds

Turn: ($3.60) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.60, CO raises $3.20, Hero calls $1.60

River: ($10) K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $5, Hero folds

Total pot: $10

Results below:
CO didn't show
Outcome: CO won $14.50

HAND 2: chasing a nut flush.
In this hand I flopped a nut flush draw and I decided to lead the betting. It cost a lot to me, but it seems profitable to me, since it was a multiway pot here, right? Interestingly, the villain who won the pot is the same donkey from the previous hand.

No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($5.73)
SB ($13.99)
BB ($11.62)
UTG ($10)
Hero (MP) ($10.21)
CO ($13.94)

Preflop: Hero is MP with J, A
1 fold, Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, Button calls $0.40, SB calls $0.35, BB calls $0.30

Flop: ($1.60) 3, 2, 7 (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.90, Button raises $1.80, 1 fold, BB calls $1.80, Hero calls $0.90

Turn: ($7) 5 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, Button bets $3.53 (All-In), BB calls $3.53, Hero calls $3.53

River: ($17.59) 3 (3 players, 1 all-in)
BB checks, Hero checks

Total pot: $17.59

Results below:
Button had 9, 7 (two pair, sevens and threes).
BB had 5, 6 (two pair, fives and threes).
Hero had J, A (one pair, threes).
Outcome: Button won $16.72


HAND 3: Remembering to not get fancy in these limits.
Here was a dumb mistake. I decided to isolate limpers, but the timing was not good. I did not see that the first limper was folding only 50% to flop bets. I reraised because he was 40/5 and there is no reason to believe that the caller had a better hand than mine. Is this wrong?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Party-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($1.45)
Hero (SB) ($11.09)
BB ($7.98)
UTG ($4.26)
MP ($5.78)
CO ($10.32)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, J
UTG calls $0.10, 2 folds, Button calls $0.10, Hero bets $0.55, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.40) 9, 7, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.70, UTG calls $0.70

Turn: ($2.80) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.50, Hero folds

Total pot: $2.80

Results below:
UTG didn't show
Outcome: UTG won $3.16


Fortunately, despite these and other losses I managed to get almost even in the session (-10BBs over 375 hands). I appreciate your replies.