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Playing against maniac players in heads up poker might be less of a straightforward procedure than that required against a weak tight player, but there still are many patterns involved. Maniacal players love to get in and raise and reraise every pot, pushing on the idea that you won’t have a hand to fight back against them with. While it is true that you won’t be making the big hands against these online poker players that you would when facing them in ring games as often, their overly aggressive manner is just as open to weak points, primarily in that when you do make a hand, you can exploit it and get paid.

As in other scenarios, facing the maniac will often require that you play slightly tighter than you normally would. Allowing the maniac to pick up a few small pots as he keeps pushing is fine, as long it’s not that you are playing so tightly that the odds are against you to make a hand. Usually seeing flops where the raises aren’t brutal and trying to make a post-flop hand, then charging for it is a better method than trying to push back too often preflop. The deeper you go in the hand, and the more you are defined, the better you will be able to trap your aggressive online poker opponent in his own snare.

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