Against a maniac...?

[THaC]

Level 2 of a 10+1 mtt, I found a maniac that likes to fire at pots, and hasn't seen anyone play back at him yet. Here's some things I've seen.

mzip: raises 80 to 100
GATE23: folds
TbHackworth: folds
chrishanna: calls 100
chosen86: folds
Swingy: folds
blazin_trips: folds
ramonreyes: folds
ontilt720: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [Js 9h 5c]
ontilt720: bets 80
mzip: raises 220 to 300
chrishanna: folds
ontilt720: folds
--
chrishanna: folds
chosen86: folds
Swingy: raises 40 to 60
blazin_trips: folds
ramonreyes: folds
ontilt720: calls 60
mzip: raises 240 to 300
GATE23: folds
TbHackworth: folds
Swingy: folds
ontilt720: folds
--
ontilt720: folds
mzip: raises 1110 to 1130 and is all-in
GATE23: folds
TbHackworth: folds
chrishanna: folds
chosen86: folds
Swingy: folds
blazin_trips: folds
ramonreyes: folds


I limped this hand because I felt I had good pot odds with all the limpers before me. I raised to isolate him (Good move?), and then when he fired back at me, I didn't know what to do. My timebank went down to about 30 seconds until I finally decided what to do. With all of the above actions in just 15-20 minutes, what would you do and why?

PokerStars Game #3749508081: Tournament #18594348, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/01/25 - 03:31:34 (ET)
Table '18594348 53' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: chosen86 (1745 in chips)
Seat 2: Swingy (1405 in chips)
Seat 3: blazin_trips (1520 in chips)
Seat 4: ramonreyes (1225 in chips)
Seat 5: ontilt720 (1280 in chips)
Seat 6: mzip (1710 in chips)
Seat 7: GATE23 (1610 in chips)
Seat 8: TbHackworth (1180 in chips)
Seat 9: chrishanna (1805 in chips)
Swingy: posts small blind 15
blazin_trips: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TbHackworth [Kc Qh]
ramonreyes: calls 30
ontilt720: folds
mzip: calls 30
GATE23: calls 30
TbHackworth: calls 30
chrishanna: folds
chosen86: folds
Swingy: folds
blazin_trips: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qs Td 5c]
blazin_trips: checks
ramonreyes: checks
mzip: bets 60
GATE23: folds
TbHackworth: raises 90 to 150
blazin_trips: folds
ramonreyes: folds
mzip: raises 1530 to 1680 and is all-in
TbHackworth: ????
TbHackworth: calls 1000 and is all-in
TbHackworth said, "nh"
*** TURN *** [Qs Td 5c] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Td 5c Jd] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mzip: shows [Th Qd] (two pair, Queens and Tens)
TbHackworth: shows [Kc Qh] (a straight, Nine to King)
TbHackworth collected 2465 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2465 | Rake 0
Board [Qs Td 5c Jd 9d]
Seat 1: chosen86 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Swingy (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: blazin_trips (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: ramonreyes folded on the Flop
Seat 5: ontilt720 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: mzip showed [Th Qd] and lost with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 7: GATE23 folded on the Flop
Seat 8: TbHackworth showed [Kc Qh] and won (2465) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 9: chrishanna folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[fjuanl]

I think you should let this one go and trap him when you know for sure your hand is good. He's not just raising a bet, he is re-raising you. Good maniacs know when to let go of the trigger, and thats when someone raises you. He's not backing off when you raise.

[THaC]

Meh... I busted out around 130th when I caught a guy stealing and it went bad.

PokerStars Game #3749750289: Tournament #18594348, Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/01/25 - 04:43:35 (ET)
Table '18594348 48' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Aaronf914 (7710 in chips)
Seat 2: G money434 (8215 in chips)
Seat 3: TRAPSTR_3 (7550 in chips)
Seat 4: *DOSUN*8 (1970 in chips)
Seat 5: bmqball (8380 in chips)
Seat 6: TbHackworth (2170 in chips)
Seat 8: moeprobert (5530 in chips)
Seat 9: tmy3000 (4772 in chips)
TbHackworth: posts small blind 100
moeprobert: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TbHackworth [Qs Tc]
Aaronf914 said, "bye"
tmy3000: folds
Aaronf914: folds
G money434 has timed out
G money434: folds
G money434 is sitting out
TRAPSTR_3: folds
G money434 has returned
*DOSUN*8: folds
bmqball: raises 475 to 675
TbHackworth: raises 1495 to 2170 and is all-in
moeprobert: folds
KINGBRIOFLV is connected
bmqball: calls 1495
*** FLOP *** [4s 3d 5c]
TbHackworth said, "WTF"
TRAPSTR_3 said, "nh gg"
*** TURN *** [4s 3d 5c] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [4s 3d 5c Ad] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TbHackworth: shows [Qs Tc] (a pair of Fives)
bmqball: shows [7c 6s] (a straight, Three to Seven)
bmqball collected 4540 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4540 | Rake 0
Board [4s 3d 5c Ad 5h]
Seat 1: Aaronf914 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: G money434 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: TRAPSTR_3 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: *DOSUN*8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: bmqball (button) showed [7c 6s] and won (4540) with a straight, Three to Seven
Seat 6: TbHackworth (small blind) showed [Qs Tc] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 8: moeprobert (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: tmy3000 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[chardrian]

I think warning bells should be going off when this maniac bets small for once on the flop.

I would not have limped QK preflop there. You've got position at a table that has shown its tendency to fold to raises preflop. Raise it up to 180-250 there preflop.

[zenbitz]

I think warning bells should be going off when this maniac bets small for once on the flop.

Not only that, but all of villians previous raises have been pre-flop... I actually thought he had QQ/KK/AA. But part of that is that even though you hid the results, I knew you lost because you posted.

I would not have limped QK preflop there. You've got position at a table that has shown its tendency to fold to raises preflop. Raise it up to 180-250 there preflop.

[Sprayed]

I think warning bells should be going off when this maniac bets small for once on the flop.

Not only that, but all of villians previous raises have been pre-flop... I actually thought he had QQ/KK/AA. But part of that is that even though you hid the results, I knew you lost because you posted.

I would not have limped QK preflop there. You've got position at a table that has shown its tendency to fold to raises preflop. Raise it up to 180-250 there preflop.

Are you talking abuot the KQ hand? He won with that.

[zenbitz]

Runner-Runner Never Funner! I totally missed that. But clearly calling the all/in was a mistake.

[chardrian]

so if you win, you played it right?

I detect a leak.

[Sprayed]

so if you win, you played it right?

I detect a leak.

If you're talking to me chard, that's not what I was saying. Just telling zenbitz that THaC won on that hand. Obviously, just because you win doesn't mean you played it right. No leak here.