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    Chaser in4rehab's Avatar
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    Default AK against maniac

    Villain here is running at about 48/36 over 40 hands and seems intent on justifying his screenname of "CrazyRedneck". I had already tried 3betting him out of the BB with AQs once and he insta 4betted me which I easily mucked with the intention of hopefully getting it all there next time with a better hand. In 2hrs after this hand this clown never folded to a 3bet or 4 bet after raising. I'm about 46/26 here which sounds pretty bad but it's a 4max table and the other 2 players are as dopey and passive as they get so I've been defending my BB against min raises and completing the SB when CrazyRedneck doesn't raise.

    Absolute/UB Cereus No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (4 handed) - Absolute/UB Cereus Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    Button ($96.40)
    CrazyRedneck ($77.05)
    BB ($26)
    Hero (UTG) ($72.34)

    Preflop: Hero is UTG with ,
    Hero bets $1.75, Button calls $1.75, CrazyRedneck raises to $9, 1 fold, Hero raises to $72.34 (All-In), 1 fold, CrazyRedneck calls $63.34

    Flop: ($146.93) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

    Turn: ($146.93) (2 players, 1 all-in)

    River: ($146.93) (2 players, 1 all-in)

    Total pot: $146.93 | Rake: $2

    Results:
    CrazyRedneck had 10, 10 (three of a kind, tens).
    Hero had K, A (high card, Ace).
    Outcome: CrazyRedneck won $144.93

    My shove looks kinda crazy but I figured it's never correct to fold here so I decided to get it in there 1st. Then the idiot just snap calls me with TT. What the best approach against this type of maniac? Just calling, pot raising or All in?

    Also would you say my insta-overshove is an AK tell? Sometimes I think the fastest 3&4bets come from AK as people are always happy to keep raising them but also happy to see their opponent fold.

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    I don't think timing is a tell, your over analysing this, AK vs manic station = ship it.
    Personally I make it 26 and don't plan to fold.

    The overshove is a tell however for AK, but not a strong one.

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    Given your read how do you possibly think getting AK all-in pre is a mistake???

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    You played fine.
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    KRE8R probably has about seventy college funds in his NL5 roll.

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    standard

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    Quote Originally Posted by MJPerry View Post
    Given your read how do you possibly think getting AK all-in pre is a mistake???
    I wouldn't say it was a mistake but I was wondering if just calling the 3bet and taking a flop from position could be more profitable? I shoved because I don't want to lose the initiative against hands like KQ, AQ, AJ etc and give up the pot to a cbet on a flop that we both miss or let them suck out on the flop, but I was wondering if there are any better players than me who can take aggrodonks like this for more money somehow. I just don't feel like shoving gives me any advantage against his calling range unless he's stupid enough to call with AQ, so I'm really just shoving for the fold equity against maybe 77-QQ here.

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