The BB in this hand was a maniac. Raised a lot preflop, especially when there were limpers. He almost always made a pot-sized bet on the flop and often followed that up with an all-in on the turn. I waited a half-hour to get in a good situation to spring a trap. It finally happened.
Two aces in second position is normally an automatic raise, but I limped in, hoping a couple others would follow and that the BB would raise. I planned to reraise, forcing out the limpers in hopes that the maniac would call. Everything went wrong.
Strike one: Everyone folded to the BB.
Strike two: BB limped.
Strike three: Crappy flop.
As expected, the BB made a pot-sized bet of 150. (I had hoped he would raise, which would have made the pot bigger, which would have led to a pot-sized bet.) Had things gone as planned, I would have called the bet on the flop and let the BB bet the turn before I pushed all-in. But I couldn't see letting a maniac catch up with a couple of garbage diamonds or a king with garbage kicker. So I raised, he folded.
There have been times where I've been tempted to stick to the original plan. But sometimes winning a pot is more important than being tricky. Sometimes being tricky just means you go broke.
Here's the hand:
Full Tilt Poker, $10 + $1 NL Hold'em Sit n' Go, 30/60 Blinds, 7 Players
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Hero (UTG+1): 1,510
MP: 1,160
CO: 1,195
BTN: 4,795
SB: 1,175
BB: 2,985
UTG: 1,990
Pre-Flop: (90) A
A
dealt to Hero (UTG+1)UTG folds, Hero calls 60, 4 folds, BB checks
Flop: (150) Q
J A (2 Players)BB bets 150, Hero raises to 600, BB folds
Results: 450 Pot
Hero mucked A
A and WON 450 (+240 NET)
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