Punishing the Laggs.

[allLiving]

This guy was a call station and a maniac... Gave me pleasure in handing him his ass even though I didn't quite get a call, but he almost did.

Game #808706656 - (blinds $0.50/$1) No Limit Texas Hold'em -
2005/04/28-16:35:10.9 (CST)
Table "Candi (5 max)" (real money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: doyle28 ($96.50 in chips)
Seat 2: allLiving ($98.50 in chips)
Seat 4: bukopandan ($74.50 in chips)
Seat 5: 9000AA ($205.75 in chips)
doyle28 : Post Small Blind ($0.50)
allLiving: Post Big Blind ($1)
Dealing...
Dealt to allLiving [ 8h ]
Dealt to allLiving [ Kh ]
bukopandan: Fold
9000AA : Call ($1)
doyle28 : Call ($0.50)
allLiving: Check
*** FLOP *** : [ Jh Ah Th ]
doyle28 : Check
allLiving: Check
9000AA : Bet ($5.50)
doyle28 : Fold
allLiving: Raise ($11)
9000AA : Call ($5.50)
*** TURN *** : [ Jh Ah Th ] [ 9h ]
allLiving: Check
9000AA : Bet ($20)
allLiving: Raise ($86.50)
allLiving said, "take it"
allLiving said, "fold you lose"
allLiving said, "FOLD I WIN"
allLiving said, "trust me"
9000AA : Fold
allLiving: Winner -- doesn't show cards
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $63 | Rake: $2
Board: [ Jh Ah Th 9h ]
doyle28 lost $1 (folded)
allLiving bet $98.50, collected $129.50, net +$31 [ 8h Kh ] (a flush, ace
high)
bukopandan didn't bet (folded)
9000AA lost $32 (folded)

[Fnord]

Why not give him another chance to bluff at it or go over the top?

[allLiving]

That's a good point, but something told me that he would call since he is a huge call station. I could have waited to the river but I didn't want something like trips to turn into a boat without making him pay.

[Wosco]

This doesn't look like handing him his ass. You won a hand, but he only lost $30, which he will make back pretty quick from all that dead money at the table. You can't give a maniac credit for a set just because he's betting. That level of paranoia with the nut flush at a 5max table is not profitable. As for the table talk, I'm assuming you had said similar things in a big bluff that you showed the table, and you said this to induce a call. If it was out of the blue, I'd say it is a bad move. You don't want to give him a reason to fold, especially by giving him a tell that is listed in Caro's book.