Did I play this wrong?

I am going to do my best to recreate this incredibly irritating hand. 5 person table 50NL.

Player A: $40
Player B: $14
Player C: $53 (button)
Me : $51 (:Qc: :Qs (SB)
Player E: $47 (BB)

My read on the table. Player A was a rock and B was new to the table. Player C has been a maniac, raising 10XBB with mediocre holding like 44 or AJ even if out of position. E has been loose passive. I have been playing very tight up to now and decided I was gonna pick my spot and nail the maniac when I had a hand.

A and B fold. Player C (maniac) raises to 10, I thought about a reraise, but I had seen him continue with his crazy bets should the flop look non threatening, and figure I could walk away from the hand should an overcard hit. I called and the loose passive behind me calls as well. (I was not crazy about that, not only am I out of position, but I now had 2 people in the pot with my queens).

The flop:

I really felt that I had one move and only one move to make here and that was to move in for the 30 dollar pot with my remaining 41 dollars worth of chips. I needed to shut down the flushes and overcard draws. THEY BOTH CALL! This put the BB all in as well leaving maniac boy with 2 bucks.

They turn over their cards, loose passive holds :Ac: :Kh: and maniac boy holds :Kd: :Jc:. Turn is a :Ts: and the river is a :Ks:. Loose passive breaks us both.

I know that all in was the right play, but my question is should I have done it preflop in hopes of taking down 10 bucks, or should I have took my chances and pushed on the turn? Or do you think I played it exactly the way I should have?

The easy move is the reraise preflop and take down the pot, but sometimes you feel trapping and getting a larger pot is worth the risk (and there's always a risk). With someone to act behind you, while attempting to isolate, it may be best to reraise - but given his passivity, he's probably not going anywhere.

I think that this play needs to be made sometimes to bring home the bacon. Tough beat, club wouldn't be so bitter.

Originally Posted by Infamous

The easy move is the reraise preflop and take down the pot, but sometimes you feel trapping and getting a larger pot is worth the risk (and there's always a risk). With someone to act behind you, while attempting to isolate, it may be best to reraise - but given his passivity, he's probably not going anywhere.

I think that this play needs to be made sometimes to bring home the bacon. Tough beat, club wouldn't be so bitter.

I think I may have just been a victim of circumstances here. AK was definitely gonna call preflop, KJ may have been crazy enough as well. Had thier only been 2 clubs on the board, I would have probably taken it down with an all in move, but I would probably been less inclined to do so as well. Next time, I would probably wait for the turn.

AK wasn't going anywhere, there isn't much you can do there.