77 vs big 3b maniac

Hey GingerKid,

This play is totally villain dependent. It's likely pretty bad vs an unknown, so it really comes down to what type of range opponent is 3bet/calling. When we know the answer to that then we know what our shoving range should be.

Given what he showed up with there is a reasonable chance this shove is +EV but we are going to be coin-flipping a ton. Even if we can show mathematically that this line has a positive expectation, in practice it might be a better idea to shove tighter and save on a ton of variance.

Hi,

He was shoving each hand for one hour, even for 500bb, once with 49o I saw him snap calling huge shove.

Lol nice.

Well theoretically we can jam anything that has larger than 50% equity vs any 2 cards.

However as mentioned that doesn't mean we are forced to shove just because we have 51% equity if we don't want the variance.

A player like this maniac here will usually either 1) run good, win a few stacks, and leave, or more likely 2) lose his money fast. So considering his not staying there long, I think you should take even the marginally +EV spots. Unless you tilt easily, then maybe avoid them.

Originally posted by Zebbu
A player like this maniac here will usually either 1) run good, win a few stacks, and leave, or more likely 2) lose his money fast. So considering his not staying there long, I think you should take even the marginally +EV spots. Unless you tilt easily, then maybe avoid them.

Agree.
It is not tilting me, at least not too much so that I start playing very bad. I dont care about variance, only about +EV spots.

I think this range should do just fine:
55+, A4s+, K9s+, QTs+, A7o+, KJo+ (17,5%)

What I'm more interested in are spots with multiway danger. I'd probably shove this range then:
88+,ATs+,KQs,AQo+ (6,5%)

And of course even tighter if someone else is eager to get it in else well.
What do you guys think?