Ok I need some help with a couple of hands i played in a 1/2 game last night......I get trash hands half the night but i manage to win a few pots and double up finally i wake up with pocket kings in the big blind. utg+2 raises for 25 and everyone folds to the dealer. Dealer re raises to 100 sb folds and action is on me So I re raise to 200 try to make it look like a bluff utg+2 folds dealer re raises me all in I snap call and he shows 2-4 suited (spades) flop comes jack spades 7h 8d turn is a 5s and river qs and i loose a bunch of money on it I mean isnt this a donkey call so anyway I am furious so i head out and smoke a cigarette and eat some food to calm myself down. Come back to the table and a few hands later on the button I wake up bullets. the maniac raises big i shove instantly now the whole table folds to him and he calls with a k3 off .........flop comes 10 7 9 rainbow so my AA are a big favorite to win. Turn is a 3 river is a king he hits two pair i mean I would have said nothing if he had called my raise had pot odds to call but he had no pot odds to call it what do I do against such players should i play trash hands or play my regular TAG game any help would be highly appreciated

Well..., you can stop playing poker. Seriously.

But I don't think you want to hear that. So, play as much poker as you can with, what did you call them? maniac. Not for revenge, but for the $ the will gladly give you. Play your same poker, and just see how long their luck holds. Tilting and trying to out luckbox a luckbox is not a good idea.

Poker is actually not about results, but the probabilities that lead to the results.

1st hand KK vs 42s = 80/20, you way ahead, but will lose 20%...

2nd hand aa vs K3o - 90/10, you way ahead, again!

Wow, that really sucks, i thought they had a little more equity in one of those hands...

Give up poker, lol. Unlikely that would happen again.

I would have played they hands about how you played....

ty cpl_pf well i went and played poker the whole last week against these 'maniacs' and played according to the book never wavered from my game and yeah they gladly gave me their $$$ came up ahead you were right ......yes i did loose a few hands to their insane button raise and position raise but i did trap them by slow playing my monsters had AQ suited limped button raised big i called flop comes A A Q check ..he raises and i smooth call him till the river and i check again he shoves i call he shows 74 off and i show him my boat lol

well, there you go, good job

Post a real hand and I will try to help you as much as possible. This is just whining.