Live game 2/5 NL, 9 handed, nearly 12 hours into a session. Villain has been at the table for last 9 hours, is the kind of player you dream about having in a game. Builds huge pots, overbets hands, generates a ton of action. He was hitting hands early in the night sucking out on a lot of people and built a huge stack. At the time this hand took place he was near the end of a 3k downswing. The entire table is attempting to get involved with the best of it against the villain.

A couple of relevant hands to show how villain plays when he reraises EP raises which he has done 4-5 times, only shown down 2.

Reraised with T9os against a field of players like he does in this hand, AA plays back at him for his stack, he calls and catches a full house on a T99xx board.
Reraised with 23s against 3 players like this hand, was isolated by a guy with TT for 500ish preflop and he called and lost when he never made a pair.

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Effective Stacks

Hero (UTG) 621
Villain (CO) 700

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Hero is dealt 9c9h

Preflop: Hero raises to 15.00, MP1 calls, folds to CO who raises to 115.00, folds to Hero. Hero calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: Qc, 6s, 5c (360.00)
Hero checks, MP1 checks, Villain bets 100.00, Hero calls, MP1 folds.

Turn: Qc, 6s, 5c, 8s (560.00)
Hero checks after Villain attempted to bet out of turn, Villain bets 200.00, Hero ???

At this point I have 406 left.

On the flop I know villain is continuation betting, I was slightly worried about MP1 who is a fairly tight player and was basically calling there and not making any plays because I wanting information from him.

Villain seems like a grade-A loon. I think I'd 4-bet this preflop seeing as we ca-ha-rush his range.

As played I shove turn. He could easily have clubs or picked up a draw with the second spade. I'd get it in here because we know he's calling. He might even call with 77 or 8X.

If he has a Q then so be it. It's hard to this lay down against such a crazy, aggresive player.

I agree with reraising preflop.

Reraising preflop against this guy means being willing to get it all in with 99 preflop. Is everyone in favor of a 120+bb coinflip here?

Apparently you didnt read his post. His range is so wide I dont see how you dont shove it all in preflop

Im all in preflop. Villian could call you with such a wide range of hands, getting your chips in here preflop would be +EV no matter what he happens to have.

The way you described the villain, I think think it's entirely possible that we're better than a coinflip.

Did you read mine? It's one sentence.

lol

That was a good game.

For you

If you know he's continuation betting, and then he bet a big amount out-of-turn on a blank, why are you worried? That screams bluff. I personally probably wouldn't have the guts to call, but I do think you've got him beat here. I'd day shove, let him call with a crap hand, and hope that he doesn't catch a miracle on the river.

My thought process was that he liked to make these plays with connected hands, suited or not. I was thinking of ways my 9's could be blockers for any holding he might have also (flush or straight). The other thing I was concerned with was making sure I got maximum value, and with him being anxious to put chips in I wasn't going to try and get him to slow down. If I make the call on the turn, I am committing my stack without shoving, so shoving and calling are nearly the same play on this hand on the turn.

im getting it all in here. i hate coinflips but i dont think that would have been the worst move either. i doubt he has you beat but if he does its with Q3o and what can you do

Given villain's range, the obv (55-1010) range of the other guy, and your hand's value, I'm reraising preflop. Too susceptible to the Krablar flopping well imo.

Meant to quote Jadaki. Sorry. I agree with you 100%