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 Anytime you play these games you are very likely to run into the online poker maniac. This player is the one you see at the online poker room that raises all the time and looks to run over the table. Online poker room maniacs can be good news or bad news for you as an online poker player.
The online poker room maniac really tries to run over everyone at the table.
They want to force the other players to fold. They play nearly every hand so you never know what they have. If you bet, he'll raise, regardless of what his cards are. If you check, he will probably bet. When someone bets, the maniac will usually raise. He wants to get as much money in the pot as often as possible by betting, raising and reraising. He is trying to force the other players in the online poker room to fold.
All of us like to limp in with marginal hands and hope to hit the flop when playing in an online poker room. The maniac makes this almost impossible to do. That is the bad news. The good news is that when you do have a good hand and the maniac doesn't get lucky and draw out on you, that you will get paid off nicely when playing in an online poker room.
You really have to be aware when you are playing the online poker room maniac. If you lose a hand it is likely you are going to lose more money than normal. If you win a hand it is very likely it will be more than normal. If you are a good online poker player you really don't mind the maniac because you know he will eventually pay off one of your big hands. You just have to be careful and patient when playing in an online poker room. When you're playing against a maniac you have to make some changes to your play.
When you're trying to limp in with hands like 9-10, 6-7, J-10, etc it is almost a given that you won't be able to do it with the maniac at the online poker table. If the maniac raises, and he probably will, you can't play marginal hands in an online poker room. You have to remember to focus on strong starting hands when playing against the maniac in an online poker room.
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