The villain was a absolute manic after about a hour's play id say he raises OTB 90% of the time so when i pick up A7 i just decided to flat it in the BB and see what materializes. Also in by notes when he is bet into OTB he raises almost every time, He cant have the goods all the time right? Here for some reason i put him on nothing, And once he re raises i decided to bump it up again, expecting him to fold, by the time he goes all in im pot commited ( bad play on my part i think i should of shoved) anyway the rest is history and i take it down. thoughts?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($3.90)
Hero (BB) ($9.13)
UTG ($13.14)
MP ($14.95)
Button ($15.38)

Preflop: Hero is BB with ,
2 folds, Button bets $0.35, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.25

Flop: ($0.75) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, Button raises to $1.95, Hero raises to $6.60, Button raises to $15.03 (All-In), Hero calls $2.18 (All-In)

Turn: ($18.31) (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($18.31) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $18.31 | Rake: $1.22

Results:
Button had K, 7 (two pair, sevens and sixes).
Hero had 7, A (two pair, sevens and sixes).
Outcome: Hero won $17.09

i thought i had him beat though. seriously this kid was throwing his chips around like water. thanks for the feedback.

Ok here's my thought and how I would play the hand.

Firstly the guy is a maniac so to play the player as it were you need to think about the best way to take advantage of HIS tendancies.

Maniac/bully types love to jump all over weakness but normally back down to real signs of aggression/strength back. You see they (on the whole) seem to have a good grasp of how to play but get off on running people over. So knowing this, I slow play my strong hands against them as there is more value in them bluffing off chips than there is putting pressure on them because we know that they play such a wide range, they'll not be able to stand too much heat.

So now to your exact situation. You have a weak ace and you're out of position against a player that will put pressure on you. This isn't a great proposition as you'll miss the flop a lot and be forced to check/fold plus the times you hit and actualy do get value towned etc. Playing OOP is just bad even against a fish so to make life easier, if you do think you're ahead of his range, I'd just 3 bet pre flop and look to take the hand down there and then.

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