July 12, 2011
The maniac route
After having finished my daily sessions at NL25 i decided to try out the other side. I needed some fun, wanted to know the other side of the coin. For this, i stepped down to NL10 and played as no tomorrow.
I tried out such things what i always was scared to do. To try lines i was always feared when i met with a maniac. It was such a fun. I played like 33/30 with 11% 3b and with a high WWSF (which is not the case at my regular style). I wanted to see the limits i can reach. I seemed like a maniac fish probably. Min3betted in position a lot, overbetted regularly and similar. Overbetted with the goods, overbetted with trash. There are pros and cons of course and I made several mistakes.
There is a lot of FE, but at some point people will look you up lightly. That's the interesting part, when you could have trash, good hand or the nuts. You should have a read about their play, it's crucial and i'm sure it makes the difference from badaggro fishes. When you got raised pre or post it's a very easy fold due to our image. i didn't have such easy folds. You won't get bluff raises. Regulars played fitnfold, i bluffed here a lot. Against fish it's the same play. Valuebet them all day long. Never bluff. Fish will call even the overbets with the draws, weak pairs. I made mistakes here as i wanted to see i can bluff them. Was just light on fire.
So it was a good fun at first. I enjoyed playing like this and honestly it was a long time ago i felt like this during my regular grind. Definitely was an interesting route. I think it was not the last day.
Some hands
1. Nit, 12/9. I checked the river to induce some bluffs
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1369766
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BTN: $8.74
SB: $3.25
BB: $21.23
Hero (UTG): $13.92
CO: $12.28
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with K
A
Hero raises to $0.30, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.30, 2 folds
Flop: ($0.75) K
2
3
(2 players)
Hero bets $0.80, BTN calls $0.80
Turn: ($2.35) 2
(2 players)
Hero bets $2.25, BTN calls $2.25
River: ($6.85) 6
(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks
Final Pot: $6.85
BTN mucks A
J
Hero shows K
A
(two pair, Kings and Deuces)
Hero wins $6.52
(Rake: $0.33)
2. Aggro LAG. The river shove was too much as it seems. But i wanted to make him believe i'm bluffing.
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1369768
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UTG: $9.09
CO: $10.15
BTN: $21.78
Hero (SB): $10.40
BB: $14.46
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is SB with 7
A
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, BB calls $0.20
Flop: ($0.60) A
5
A
(2 players)
Hero bets $0.65, BB calls $0.65
Turn: ($1.90) 3
(2 players)
Hero bets $1.90, BB calls $1.90
River: ($5.70) Q
(2 players)
Hero bets $7.55 all in, BB folds
Final Pot: $5.70
Hero mucks 7
A
Hero wins $5.42
(Rake: $0.28)
3. Nit, funny hand. I couldn't lay down here, my image was so wild that expected worse hands to call. Its okay that he wanted to induce some bluffs, but slowplaying on this board is a huge mistake. And the river saved him.
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1369771
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BTN: $5.60
SB: $11.44
BB: $5.54
Hero (UTG): $20.24
MP: $7.84
CO: $10.00
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with T
K
Hero raises to $0.30, 1 fold, CO calls $0.30, 3 folds
Flop: ($0.75) J
Q
3
(2 players)
Hero bets $0.75, CO calls $0.75
Turn: ($2.25) 9
(2 players)
Hero bets $2.30, CO calls $2.30
River: ($6.85) J
(2 players)
Hero bets $16.89 all in, CO calls $6.65 all in
Final Pot: $20.15
Hero shows T
K
(a straight, Nine to King)
CO shows 3
3
(a full house, Threes full of Jacks)
CO wins $19.16
(Rake: $0.99)
4. Fish
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1369774
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CO: $13.66
BTN: $10.00
SB: $11.50
BB: $9.29
UTG: $15.08
Hero (MP): $10.85
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with 9
9
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.30, 3 folds, BB raises to $0.60, Hero calls $0.30
Flop: ($1.25) 9
4
3
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.25, BB calls $1.25
Turn: ($3.75) 7
(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9 all in, BB calls $7.44 all in
River: ($18.63) 2
(2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: $18.63
BB shows A
A
(a pair of Aces)
Hero shows 9
9
(three of a kind, Nines)
Hero wins $17.71
(Rake: $0.92)
5. LAG
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1369780
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CO: $8.89
Hero (BTN): $10.00
SB: $13.83
BB: $13.94
UTG: $10.15
MP: $11.76
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with 6
9
1 fold, MP raises to $0.40, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.05, 2 folds, MP calls $0.65
Flop: ($2.25) 8
2
9
(2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $2.15, MP folds
Final Pot: $2.25
Hero mucks 6
9
Hero wins $2.14
(Rake: $0.11)
6. My initial thinking was that i wanted to be consistent and overbetting, potting regularly. But this way i got a lot of folds, even when have the nuts. But i wanted an image that i could have anything from bluffs to nuts.
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1369787
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BTN: $9.44
Hero (SB): $11.29
BB: $13.15
UTG: $13.19
CO: $2.59
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is SB with 6
7
2 folds, BTN raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $0.90, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.60
Flop: ($1.90) 6
7
9
(2 players)
Hero bets $1.85, BTN folds
Final Pot: $1.90
Hero mucks 6
7
Hero wins $1.81
(Rake: $0.09)
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1369788
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BTN: $7.05
SB: $10.00
BB: $10.86
Hero (UTG): $10.37
MP: $10.99
CO: $18.64
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with K
K
Hero raises to $0.40, 1 fold, CO calls $0.40, BTN calls $0.40, 2 folds
Flop: ($1.35) A
J
K
(3 players)
Hero bets $1.35, CO folds, BTN folds
Final Pot: $1.35
Hero mucks K
K
Hero wins $1.29
(Rake: $0.06)
7. LAG
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1369814
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CO: $10.45
BTN: $11.22
SB: $5.40
Hero (BB): $11.02
UTG: $7.54
MP: $10.00
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with J
J
2 folds, CO raises to $0.30, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.20
Flop: ($0.65) 9
6
9
(2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.45, Hero calls $0.45
Turn: ($1.55) T
(2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.05, Hero calls $1.05
River: ($3.65) J
(2 players)
Hero bets $9.22 all in, CO calls $8.65 all in
Final Pot: $20.95
CO shows 6
6
(a full house, Sixes full of Nines)
Hero shows J
J
(a full house, Jacks full of Nines)
Hero wins $19.92
(Rake: $1.03)

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