TP against maniac

[bobcorn]

PokerStars Game #3148350857: Tournament #15576106, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/11/24 - 19:59:58 (ET)
Table '15576106 1' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Smithers21 (1040 in chips)
Seat 3: salsa4ever (1395 in chips)
Seat 4: donkatsu1 (1410 in chips)
Seat 5: bass1981 (5340 in chips)
Seat 6: bobcorn (1440 in chips)
Seat 7: flipflopfiz (1490 in chips)
Seat 9: smd2887 (1385 in chips)
bass1981: posts small blind 15
bobcorn: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bobcorn [5s Kd]
flipflopfiz: calls 30
smd2887: folds
Smithers21: folds
salsa4ever: folds
donkatsu1: folds
bass1981: calls 15
bobcorn: checks
*** FLOP *** [2d 4d 5h]
bass1981: bets 30
bobcorn: raises 90 to 120
flipflopfiz: folds
bass1981: calls 90
*** TURN *** [2d 4d 5h] [7h]
bass1981: bets 60
bobcorn: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [2d 4d 5h 7h] [Td]
bass1981: bets 30
bobcorn: calls 30
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bass1981: shows [2c 8s] (a pair of Deuces)
bobcorn: shows [5s Kd] (a pair of Fives)
bobcorn collected 510 from pot

Is this the best line to take against an unpredictable opponent? I know i won the hand but i felt akward playing it. Everyone play this the same?

[jp]

Early on like this, I'm happy to play it like you did and drag in the pot unless I know for sure this guy has absolute trash.

One question though, what made him a maniac in your eyes?

[bobcorn]

He had raised with trash numerous times and reraised all in on the first hand with KQo. He also seemed to bet a lot of flops. I usually classify someone as a maniac if they are LAG and are unpredictable.

[jp]

Yeah, definite maniac. Especially with what he showed down with.

With the information you have the only thing that might get me off this hand is if his betting style changed reflecting a strong/er holding.

[tightpoker]

If you don't think he has it, kick him around again on the turn. You don't want to call on the turn and look weak. Pop him for exactly how much extra you'd be willing to call on the river to the maniac and force him out or scare him into a check on the river if he does call.

I probably go up to 160 or so on the turn and then check behind on the river if called.