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General Approach to LAG(maniac)

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General Approach to LAG(maniac)

How do you guys play against a maniac in PLO? This is the villains stat today that played as such
VPIP:92/PFR:67/3B:43/CB:57/Fold-to-CB:31/RaiseCB:15 (with 86 hands)

On flops he'll either donk bet pot & is willing to go all in once he does this; or just pot bets the whole way through leading out T+R. Or reraise your bet occasionally and shove. Most of the time he just plays every pot preflop with a bet or raise bloating the pot.

Seen him go all in like this with overpair, two pair, sets, and top pair with no redraw.

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nma 12 years ago
wait for a stong hand and get it all in, but before doing so, go buy something online and use the money you're about to win to pay for it.. then fist pump! you just bought something for free!!

but seriously just play your value hands - those that end up with the nuts. don't bluff him because he's never folding. You can also start betting thin for value and bluff catching with medium strength hands
Tom Coldwell 12 years ago
Play tight and put money in when you're strong. However, versus these guys I'm not quite as concerned as normal about having hands which we are traditionally scared have a lot of reverse implied odds. Your small double pairs are especially valuable because now you can treat any set as pretty much the nuts 'cas you'll be getting it in so much more frequently that getting set-over-setted isn't something we're nearly as concerned about. Honestly, versus guys like this, I'm super excited to flat w/ 9955 and try and hit whereas normally I 3-bet to reduce the RIO issue.
liGreenil 12 years ago
What about on the flop after he 3bets me and I flat. Do I know change my play on CB? So don't CB at all if I didn't flop anything with a decent draw? Because I find he'll either raise or call my bet alot of the times. Then just ends up just it the rest of it on the T+R. Or hell lead with a pot sized bet.
ZenFish 12 years ago
Remember to 4B him pretty wide if he 3B a ton. Building a bigger pot with an equity/playability edge is good for you, especially OOP. AA, any KK good enough to open (you might want to abstain from opening the worst ones), any fistful of suited, unpaired broadways, and some premium rundowns thrown in.
nma 12 years ago
Doesnt that make your decision super easy? Call with strong made hands and get it in when you have the best equity
liGreenil 12 years ago
My question is, do we stop CBetting all together and only with made hands with draws? He's not likely to fold so just wanted to make sure I was right on that.
nma 12 years ago
well cbet when you have good equity and you can continue, otherwise just check. You can also check/call weaker draws if he's SUPER aggro
liGreenil 12 years ago
I just want to say thank you to everyone that talked about this. Before, I didn't know how to treat these players type. And they occasionally show up at the table, and I know it can be very profitable. The next time this player showed up at my table, I made the changes you guys offered. Stacked him a couple times today ;) thank you.

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