On hands I folded I noticed there was a maniac that was going all in with anything, absolutely anything. I get my stack up to around $9 and I am feeling real good thinking I made back my lost buy-in and my other table is over 4x’s the buy-in ($22ish). Then I get in a hand with A-Ko and wouldn’t you know it the maniac 2 seats before me goes all in for $7. I have watched him for about a half hour now and know he could be on anything. I wont play scared to lose so I called. The guy had Kc-7c. Wouldn’t you know it – hits his 7 on the turn and takes down the pot. I was pissed. I know I made the right call there, but it still burned.

We start to chat it up and he actually says nice call (he had been acting like a tard to others prior to this). So I tell him “I will call that all day long.” I go super tight not entering any pots unless I will call him cause I know he is gonna push anything I limp in. Few hands later I have AJs and limp. He pushes and I go all in for my $2. He has K-4o but actually hits his King on the flop. I get a little karmic vengeance and hit my ace on the river. Now I have 4$ and I know he’s a little pissed.

Again I pick my spots and like 10 hands later I get KK. Again I only limp UTG hoping he will push. He actually folds but the BB re-raises like 5x’s the BB, so then I push. He calls turns over QQ. I hit a K on the flop and it’s all over. I am up to around $9 now and still looking for the maniac. Probably 5 hands later the maniac pushes again. I look down and have 9-9. I call knowing I more then likely have at least a horse race. He turns over J-6o. Again I hit my card on the flop and he hits his 6, but it’s all over and now I am up to around $17.

I guess the other people at the table didn’t like playing with this maniac as he took a few people down and they started to leave. I lost a decent pot and was down to about 13$ when we found ourselves heads up at the table. He asks if I want to “wait for new people” – I laugh to myself and think “Is this guy kidding me – this is exactly what I want!” So we go heads up.

I am trying to set him up purposefully limping into pots that will fold away at his first aggressive move. I am just waiting for the cards. Then he pushes all in from the SB and I look down at pocket 6’s. Again I like my chances with this guy in a coin flip and I have him covered (he has $9) so I call. He actually turns over KQh this time and I am nervous. Even more nervous when 2 hearts hit the board on the flop. But somehow my pair holds up and I take down the pot. He just does a “LoL” and leaves the table.

So now I am logging with this account at around $22 (subtract the two buy-ins) for a $12 profit. Then my initial “good” table cashes out for another $23 (sub one buy-in) for a profit of $18. So I end this session with a $30 profit. Not a lot of money – but when you figure the stakes I am playing at, that’s pretty good.