Radii
02-27-2004, 08:48 AM
Usually I don't let it get to me when I lose money at the poker table. I played at a 6 man $2/$4 table on pokerstars this morning for about 2 hours, there was 1 total maniac at the table, the kind you love to have a big hand against... he would cap inside straight draws, cap bottom pair/crap kicker, raise pre-flop with 64o, and I was playing reasonably well, staying away from the tight players and when I did have a good hand, playing it hard to isolate the maniac. It was working great.
the problem is, when there's a maniac at your table and he is there for 2 hours, he must be hitting his hands. Today, he was hitting them against me. A lot. I would go up $30, down $40, up $20, down $20... all from playing solid hands against this one guy.
In the last 10 minutes, went from up $25, to down $40, where I had to end my session and go to work. I have AQs, capped to isolate maniac, flop is Q74, capped on the flop, turn is a 2, I bet he calls, river is a 3, I bet, he raises, I call, and he turns over A5o to show me the runner-runner straight.
Next hand, I have ATo, not the best hand in the world but in late position at a 6 person table, I'll raise it, I get called by the maniac, flop is AT6, 1 spade, I bet, its called, turn is a 8 of spades, I bet, he calls, river is a spade, I bet, get raised, call and I lose to Q4 spades.
I limp with A4s from the button and we see a 4 handed flop. Flop is T54, it's checked around to me and I bet, which is probably a mistake, but at short tables I am finding agression to be key, you just have to be able to fold if you're shown that you're beat. All three people behind me raise. What the hell is that? All three of them check-raised!!! So it was capped when it got bcak to me, and clearly I folded. Turn is a four, river is an ace. I very rarely complain about what would have happened, but when TWO people turned over 23o, check-raising and capping on the flop with the low end of a straight draw, I started counting all the money I could have won, but alas...
Anyway, it was just one of those mornings, you love having a horrible loose player at your table, but when he catches every time you have a good hand and take it up against him, holy shit its frustrating.
the problem is, when there's a maniac at your table and he is there for 2 hours, he must be hitting his hands. Today, he was hitting them against me. A lot. I would go up $30, down $40, up $20, down $20... all from playing solid hands against this one guy.
In the last 10 minutes, went from up $25, to down $40, where I had to end my session and go to work. I have AQs, capped to isolate maniac, flop is Q74, capped on the flop, turn is a 2, I bet he calls, river is a 3, I bet, he raises, I call, and he turns over A5o to show me the runner-runner straight.
Next hand, I have ATo, not the best hand in the world but in late position at a 6 person table, I'll raise it, I get called by the maniac, flop is AT6, 1 spade, I bet, its called, turn is a 8 of spades, I bet, he calls, river is a spade, I bet, get raised, call and I lose to Q4 spades.
I limp with A4s from the button and we see a 4 handed flop. Flop is T54, it's checked around to me and I bet, which is probably a mistake, but at short tables I am finding agression to be key, you just have to be able to fold if you're shown that you're beat. All three people behind me raise. What the hell is that? All three of them check-raised!!! So it was capped when it got bcak to me, and clearly I folded. Turn is a four, river is an ace. I very rarely complain about what would have happened, but when TWO people turned over 23o, check-raising and capping on the flop with the low end of a straight draw, I started counting all the money I could have won, but alas...
Anyway, it was just one of those mornings, you love having a horrible loose player at your table, but when he catches every time you have a good hand and take it up against him, holy shit its frustrating.