Bad Luck or Bad Play?

[JonesR]

I was playing some $.50/$1.00 NL on a prima skin the other night and a few big hands came up for me.

Table was pretty tight with about 35% preflop in the hands. Standard opening raise was about $4.00. Usually only heads up or three-handed after an opening raise.

First hand I get :Qd: :Qh: in MP with 2 early limpers. I raise to $4.00. First limper folds, 2nd limper calls.

Flop comes :Tc:

Limper checks, I bet $8.00 on the flop. Limper check-raises to $24.00. I call.

Turn card is

Limper bets out $12.00 and has $48.00 left. I have him covered in chips. What do you do here and why?

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Next big hand I get :Ad: :Ks: in EP. UTG raises to $4.00, UTG+1 calls, I reraise to $8.00. Both call.

Flop is :Th: :Ah:

UTG checks, UTG+1 moves all-in for $16.00, I call and UTG folds. UTG+1 turns over and takes down the pot when a :Jh: comes on the turn.

I continue to watch this guys wreckless play for several more orbits. Note that I am directly on his left so I am in position against him every hand.

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Next major hand I get to see a cheap flop with :Ah: on the button.

Flop comes :Jd: :Ad: :As:

Maniac pushes all-in for $55.00. I call.

He turns over :Kd: :Td:, catches the flush on the turn and I don't improve.

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Final hand I have :Kh: :Kc: in MP, I make it $7.00 to play.

Maniac is only caller.

Flop is :Qd:

Maniac checks, I bet out $10 on the flop. Maniac calls.

Turn is

Maniac checks, I bet out $30 on the flop. Maniac calls. Now I get scared since I think he maybe slow playing a set or hit a lucky two pair.

River is :Ks:

He checks, I move the rest of my stack in for $32. Maniac calls and shows :As:

Maniac busts me and I call it a night.

Could any of these hands have been played differently? Please comment.

For the very first hand, I raised him his stack and he turns over for the boat. This was not the same maniac for the other hands.

[r8ed]

First hand you should fear trips. Limper who then calls your raise and then starts betting at a low flop. He didn't have it in this case, but that should scare you out of the hand especially with a check-raise.

The others are bad beats. Good move to call it a night after that. You'll make money if they keep making poor decisions.