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NPL_Texas
NLHE 10-Handed .50/1

I'm in the small blind UTG +1 raises to $4, UTG +2 raises to $24, I look down at QQ. UTG +1 has been sitting for maybe five hands, I know little to nothing about. UTG2 is a crazy old man, lawyer, that will call any amount with any pair and any draw (or with nothing, literally). He's already in for $500 and we've only been playing two hours.

UTG +1 - $75
UTG +2 - $400
ME - $200

What do you do?

I'll post the results later.

Thanks in advance for any input.
Dubey
its a tough spot. UTG+1 is the one to worry about here. I'd make a small raise to try to isolate against the crazy old man. Make it $50ish. If UTG+1 comes over the top, you can let it go. If UTG+2 comes over the top, you call/shove.


EDIT: Just noticed stack sizes. Make it 75 to go and call a shove from UTG+2.
throwemaway
Stack sizes make this one pretty easy IMO...Reraise to 80ish and call a shove from the old man based on your read of him/being pot committed
JoblessBast
QUOTE (throwemaway @ Wednesday, November 7th, 2007, 10:41 PM) *
Stack sizes make this one pretty easy IMO...Reraise to 80ish and call a shove from the old man based on your read of him/being pot committed


Yep.
mtdesmoines
QUOTE (throwemaway @ Wednesday, November 7th, 2007, 10:41 PM) *
Stack sizes make this one pretty easy IMO...Reraise to 80ish and call a shove from the old man based on your read of him/being pot committed



Very very standard.
NoBBiR
QUOTE (throwemaway @ Wednesday, November 7th, 2007, 10:41 PM) *
Stack sizes make this one pretty easy IMO...Reraise to 80ish and call a shove from the old man based on your read of him/being pot committed


Affirmative. If UTG+1 shoves over the raise and your reraise, you can instamuck.

If not, get it in with the lunatic.
Moneyball16
From your OP you say that the old guy is crazy because he loves to call, but it says nothing about his raising and reraising tendencies. Any more reads would be nice.
NPL_Texas
QUOTE (Moneyball16 @ Thursday, November 8th, 2007, 12:10 PM) *
From your OP you say that the old guy is crazy because he loves to call, but it says nothing about his raising and reraising tendencies. Any more reads would be nice.

He will literally call any bet with nothing, for no reason at all. He called $60 on the turn with a gutshot, against my KK, missed and called my all in on the river. He's an absolute dream to play with.
NPL_Texas
Thanks for all the input guys, and letting me know how much of an idiot I am. In my mind I wasn't worried at all about UTG +1, why, I don't know. My original instinct, when I looked down at QQ after the raise and reraise was to fold. I even started to throw them away, but though twice. My reasoning was this. The original raiser UTG +1 made it $4 to go. The way he looked after the reraise made me think he was going to fold.... I smooth called the re-raise, putting UTG +1 on AK/AQ, and putting the crazy guy on anything from 33-77. He's very defensive with small pocket pairs, and even announced that after showing down a few hands. "I'm going to make you pay to outdraw my pocket pair!" In my mind UTG +1 wasn't a factor. Now that I rethink it, I should have known. After I called, I told myself I would throw it away if I didn't hit a set, I didn't want to get too involved. Here it goes (don't flame me please).

10 9 6 rainbow

I shove. Get called from both spots. UTG +1 has KK, crazy guy 99. I've layed down much better hands than this before, but for some reason I couldn't get away from it. I didn't improve btw. Can anybody walk me through this hand properly?
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