[SteveA]

Originally Posted by thebrokenone

Quick background: weekly NLHE tourney w/ 8 regulars. 5 players left, I'm UTG w/ second chip lead (about 3,000 chips), BB is a wild calling station w/ chip lead (around 4,500).

I catch KsKc and raise 5x the BB, folds around to BB who simply calls... as expected. Flop comes 2c,3h,7s. BB checks, I bet the same 5x BB to see where I am, it wouldn't be the first time tonight he called down w/ the hammer, BB just calls. Turn is Ah, BB checks, I bet about half the pot (BB NEVER limps w/ any Ace... so I know I'm still ok), BB calls. River is 5s. BB best about 10xBB... I know he caught the wheel.... disgusted, I call it down. He flips over Q4o and drags the pot.

This is the worst of the 3 horrible suckouts he handed me last night. At this point, my stack's crippled, I end up all in w/ AKo and finish 5th for the first time.

So.... my question is -- how do YOU play the maniac calling stations in YOUR game?

I have the same problem with a couple of my players. In one case I was betting strong all the way to the river and I was raised. I knew he caught his flush and I layed it down (he actually showed a straight flush).

I asked him how he could make those calls and told him he was a poor poker player and that he would lose in the long run. He hastn't listened:

http://www.homepokerclub.net/clubstandings.php?clubid=1 (the calling station's ErikA)