How bad did I play this. UTG+1 was a total maniac. PF Flop 3 bet was an attampt to get heads up or 3 way with him as well as to further define UTG's holding. Flop I was confused and just called. Turn raise was to hopefully get heads up. I admit to being confused on river so I checked.



PokerRoom 0.50/1 Hold'em (8 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
UTG raises, UTG+1 calls, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, CO calls, Button caps, 2 folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls, CO calls.

Flop: (21.50 SB) , , (5 players)
UTG checks, UTG+1 bets, Hero calls, CO calls, Button folds, UTG folds.

Turn: (12.25 BB) (3 players)
UTG+1 bets, Hero raises, CO folds, UTG+1 3-bets, Hero calls.

River: (18.25 BB) (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 18.25 BB

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has 7s 8h (one pair, eights).
Hero has Tc Td (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins 18.25 BB.

Flop and river is where I thought I may have made mistakes.

On flop I am thiking "WTF have I gotten myself into" after the button capped. Lets face it, he sees a raise, re-raise, and caps it. I am thinking big PP here. With the 4th nut flush draw here I said ok, play this passive and lets see what hits turn. I was shocked to see the two other aggressors fold, so I got aggressive on turn when a blank fell. Maniac 3 betting here shouldn't have concerned me, but I allowed myself to be put back on defensive. His check on river should have signalled to me that I had him beat, but he was just nutty enough to be trapping me......he was crazily unpredictable so I checked behind.

All in all I felt rather fortunate to win that pot. On flop I felt there was no way I was going to win this one.