2 solid draws vs maniac

I'm surprised everyone thinks A10s is a fold (or marginal) pre against this guy, even OOP. He is a 67/47. Don't we want to play a lot more hands against the fish?

As for the AJs hand, I don't normally play it UTG, but I honestly wanted the maniac to 3bet me so I could play a big pot with him.

After thinking about these hands, I have a more general question: How much should we adjust our normal ABC game to take advantage of crazies? AJs normally is difficult to play UTG, but against a much much weaker calling or 3betting range it should be profitable.

Originally Posted by PapalRage

I'm surprised everyone thinks A10s is a fold (or marginal) pre against this guy, even OOP. He is a 67/47. Don't we want to play a lot more hands against the fish?

As for the AJs hand, I don't normally play it UTG, but I honestly wanted the maniac to 3bet me so I could play a big pot with him.

After thinking about these hands, I have a more general question: How much should we adjust our normal ABC game to take advantage of crazies? AJs normally is difficult to play UTG, but against a much much weaker calling or 3betting range it should be profitable.

Folding ATs to 5x raise in sb is the standard,I guess.AJs i think is in my UTG open range in weak games.As I said above,you better off playing lots of hands with bad players in position.

Originally Posted by pokerfan

Folding ATs to 5x raise in sb is the standard,I guess.AJs i think is in my UTG open range in weak games.As I said above,you better off playing lots of hands with bad players in position.

Right, I know its a 'standard' fold. But what is standard is based on 'normal' opponents. Being IP is obviously better, but even OOP against a guy raising this wide its likely +EV to call, right? Thoughts?