Poker Strategy Info And Source:
Jaman Burton aka The Drawing Dead finds himself in the $2/$5 cash game at the Encore in Las Vegas. He is against a tricky opponent who has been hyper aggressive.
Facing a tricky limp re-raiser is always a tricky spot to navigate in a poker hand. It really does depend on your opponent. If they are a tight OMC (Old Man Coffee) you can be sure that they will have a top 1% hand! What about a splashy aggressive poker player that might have too much to drink?
Be aware of the players that are limp re-raising and just choose to call more frequently preflop with your strong but non nutted hands. You don’t need to raise limpers every single time!
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How should you adjust to a maniac player at the poker table?
a) Play Tight
b) Play Wider
c) Battle Hard
Usually my plan against maniacs is to play tight: make a hand and strap in.
When I have a fairly premium preflop hand, which at this stack depth I'd put as QQ+ or AKs, I'd be trying to get all the money in preflop. I've gotten maniacs to stick 400 BB in preflop with JJ. With a hand like JTs, I'm trying to make middle pair, no kicker, and just hold on as they blast off. If they make a raise large enough to pot commit them, I'd be trying to raise all in. Even in the event that they fold, I don't see that as a huge downside since almost all their holdings will have some amount of equity we can clean up. And some maniacs will give up with two over cards (25-30% equity) thinking we must have a MONSTER hand to make an all in raise.
Encore 2/5 rake as far as I know is 10% up to 5$. Although they may have some weird structure, like Bellagio does, where the rake is 10-30-50-70-100 where they take a $1 at each point.
Against a maniac I'd play a tad tighter preflop (cut the number of hands I plan on opening and folding to a 3-bet a bit) but also be more likely to 4-bet against their too wide 3-betting range.
Edit: pocket 9s would have been my absolute last guess on hands opponent was jamming turn with.
Tighten up and call with you best hands
A little A and a little B – never C
I’ve not seen a timed rake 2/5 game outside of poker clubs. Timed rake typically starts at 5/T or higher in my experience. The Wynn 2/5 is a standard rake.
You speak as fast as you think. Like my wife.
Little difference: what you say make sence.
Bossman what are these players expected value at the high roller scene. Isn’t everyone so good that it’s really break even? Or is there actual edges certain players have
Weather to play loose or tight against a maniac depends on whether you have position and whether you are closing the action. OOP or not closing the action you have to play a bit tighter, as you will not realise equity as well with middle strength holdings. IP ir closing the action you should play looser because you have increased implied odds. JTs IP closing the action preflop is a call even if we think our opponent is weighted towards nuts.
Against maniacs, you should raise less and raise weighted more towards junk, as your strong hands do not want to raise and stop the maniac blasting.