Sorry for the long post. All of these hands were against the same villain. He was a complete calling station pre-flop and then turned super aggressive after the flop. His stats after this session were 75.4/29.41/5.51 over 187 hands. I knew I’d get his chips eventually but he seemed to be hitting cards every hand. His graph for this session must have looked like a picture of the Himalayas.
Can I play any of these hands differently, given his aggressive nature? My specific questions are:-
Hand 1: Can I make my bet sizes any different here? I didn’t give him credit for a flush after the turn but when the 4th spade comes on the river I have to fold to his all-in don’t I?
Hand 2: Is it ok to check the flop? Ok to fold to his overbet?
Hand 3: Fold to his overbet again?
Hand 4: At last, I hit a hand. You have to like his fold at the end, leaving himself with $3.68 behind.
Is this the best strategy against these types of maniac players, just sit and wait patiently to hit a big hand? It felt as though I was being pushed around but I wasn’t hitting any cards and he could have had any two at any point.
-----Hand 1-----
Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10)
CO: ($10.55)
Button: ($12.67)
Hero: ($18.15)
BB: ($4.96)
UTG: ($13.24)
UTG+1: ($5.69)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 4 :heart:, 4 :club:.
UTG raises to $0.30, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold
Flop: ($0.70) 8 :spade:, 4 :spade:, 9 :diamond: (2 players)
Hero bets $0.60, UTG calls $0.60
Turn: ($1.90) 3 :spade: (2 players)
Hero bets $1.60, UTG calls $1.60
River: ($5.10) J :spade: (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $10.74 (All-In), Hero folds
-----Hand 2-----
Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10)
CO: ($7.24)
Button: ($13.52)
Hero: ($23.60)
BB: ($8.43)
UTG: ($18.90)
UTG+1: ($2.34)
Preflop: Hero is SB with A :spade:, K :diamond:.
UTG raises to $0.30, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1.20, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.90
Flop: ($2.50) 7 :spade:, 8 :club:, 3 :heart: (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $4, Hero folds
-----Hand 3-----
Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10)
UTG: ($5.10)
UTG+1: ($7.98)
Hero: ($21.05)
Button: ($11.12)
SB: ($7.05)
BB: ($10)
Preflop: Hero is CO with T :spade:, T :diamond:.
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.40, 1 fold, SB calls $0.35, 1 fold
Flop: ($0.90) K :heart:, A :club:, 7 :spade: (2 players)
SB bets $2.50, Hero folds
-----Hand 4-----
Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10)
CO: ($10.86)
Button: ($7.52)
Hero: ($18.68)
BB: ($8.33)
UTG: ($15.08)
UTG+1: ($9.20)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Q :club:, T :heart:.
UTG calls $0.10, 2 folds, Button calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.05, BB checks
Flop: ($0.40) Q :diamond:, T :spade:, A :heart: (4 players)
Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.40, 1 fold
Turn: ($1.20) Q :heart: (2 players)
Hero bets $0.90, UTG calls $0.90
River: ($3.00) J :club: (2 players)
Hero bets $2, UTG raises to $10, Hero raises to $15.28 (All-In), UTG folds
