NL100/200 HU - how would you adjust to a maniac?

Say someone is 3betting at least 50% of his BBs, and is generally playing ultra-aggressive.

Would you just tighten up OTB a little bit (anyone care to say how much) and then call and play for stacks when we hit with the rest, except the strong hands, which we 4bet/get in PF ?

Just curiouse how other people approach such players....

By maniac you mean exactly what? Raising every single hand? 3-betting you constantly?

Start limping the button and/or 4bet bluffing.

limp buttons with hands with potential, raise/4-bet with the shit.

bring down the hammer

call all his 3 bets and rape his life in position? lol

never limp button either, tighten up a bit otb preflop

4bet/fold trash hands, 4bet/call weak aces

flat everything else and own him in position

unless hes the kinda maniac that will get everything in, then you need to start 4bet shoving ATo, KQo and shit for value instead of just flatting in position to rape his life

manics go broke very fast, I'd suggest taking their money before someone else does

sick advice from rekrul

Minraising button works too. Increases implied odds.

did rekrul really just make a serious advice post regarding HU AND lowstakes?

I am truly impressed, he actually did

On June 08 2008 20:35 Rekrul wrote: never limp button either, tighten up a bit otb preflop 4bet/fold trash hands, 4bet/call weak aces flat everything else and own him in position unless hes the kinda maniac that will get everything in, then you need to start 4bet shoving ATo, KQo and shit for value instead of just flatting in position to rape his life

i think this is unprecedented on LP.net

my advice is always serious, you all just suck too much to comprehend it

-rekrul

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yes actually i was a bit drunk at the time : (

On June 08 2008 20:35 Rekrul wrote: never limp button either, tighten up a bit otb preflop 4bet/fold trash hands, 4bet/call weak aces flat everything else and own him in position unless hes the kinda maniac that will get everything in, then you need to start 4bet shoving ATo, KQo and shit for value instead of just flatting in position to rape his life

i dont mind limping 22-66 against a player 3 betting 50% of bbs if hes the latter maniac (does a long term player like this really exist?) just because is you 4b shove these hands he can suck and still play well vs those hands, plus its likely that you'll get good value out of it when you hit since he'll want to multibarrel low boards

fair enough but against a person 3 betting 50% of their hands it is profitable for you to put as much money in preflop with a hand like 66, if the board is bad you can fold and let yourself get bluffed, but if you hit your set you're good to go and if hte board is good you can get him to fire into you big and you can shove on him and he'll a. call with worse or b. fold (these will happen much more often than the times he calls you with a hand thats ahead of you)and you're getting a lot more money out of him that way in the long run than you are by trying to play small pot flop a set poker against an aggrotard

its very marginal either way, i dont think the profitability of either approach is much different, and i'm not sure which one is better, but the deciding factor in why i'd never limp those hands is cause theres no other hands that i think limping is more profitable than raising with so we cant just be limping only low pairs, cause even a retarded aggrotard can pick up on that