Quote Originally Posted by kfaess
Raise him pre-flop.
Care to elaborate? Usually I do 3-bet but against this particular opponent I thought I could just call pre.

If I take your advice then I'd like to know the logic behind my actions and not just the correct play, otherwise I'm lost in the rest of the hand.
Well maniacs just take flops and try to bluff you out when you 3b because they put you on AK
so when you have KK they're totally fucked because you're not going anywhere and they're going to end up shoving a draw or something stupid and you're going to snap them off

most of them have like a 80% 3b call
since you can't 3b bluff them at least get value preflop with big hands