10 Handed, pretty loose table. Button is a very odd player. Old guy who plays tight then all of a sudden limps 73s. He also has called or 3 bet everyone of my raises. BB is new. I just came back from a dinner break and posted in the CO.

Rmunro has Ad Qs in the CO.

Folded to Rmunro (first time this has ever happened at this game. Ever.) Rmunro bets. Button 3 bets. Sb folds. BB Caps. Rmunro calls, Button Calls.

Flop: Kd 5h 5c

BB Bets, Hero calls, Button calls.

Turn 7c

BB bets, Hero folds.


Hand altering read below:


















BB later turned out to be a maniac, something I wish I knew at the time. Can I justify a turn raise here If I knew this?

I dont think so. If you're thinking about isolating the maniac and taking the Button out of the picture, usually the flop is the place to do it.

I dont like raising the turn with just Ace high and a player left to act behind me.

Without a read on BB, I'd fold preflop to the cap.

Knowing that he's a maniac, I'd call preflop and raise the flop.

I like this line alot, except that I'm probably too stubborn to fold pre-flop even without the read. That said, I think I'm folding the flop if I don't know BB is a maniac. Knowing this, I think you could safely raise the flop to isolate him and have a decent chance of winning with AQ.

At this point I have no idea what button will do. When the Button just calls the flop, I can be somewhat confident I can knock him away from a bricked turn. Do I really want to be raising into the button on the flop? He hasn't shown any weakness at this point.