[TheDuke]

Just play solid and bet for value. Forget bluffing - if he's willing to call all the time there's no need to bluff. He'll pay you off.

I host a small stakes home game where one player in particular plays wild. For a few sessions I was getting a bit frustrated as I was seemingly losing every pot I was up against him. But rather than get frustrated and open up my play and call him down with marginal hands - I decided to just play straight. One night his luck finally did run out big time and I won ~$1100 off of him.

Originally Posted by WVHillbilly

In our local game there is one guy who will call/bet almost any holding. This would normally be great but here lately he's the guy walking away with all the $$ at the end of the night. There is no way to put him on specific hands and thus far I've found no way to consistently win against him. Here is a specific hand from Friday night (.25/.50).

I'm in BB. Maniac in small blind.
3 limpers and small blind completes.
I look down at A A and raise to $3.00 (this was late in the night and several of the stacks (not mine) were quite large so a $3 raise isn't huge but it does say "I have a hand").
Folded around to SB (maniac) who calls.
Flop is 2 2 2.
SB checks.
I raise $5.
SB calls (I'm putting him on a middle pocket pair or a strong A).
Turn A (yeah!).
SB bets $5.
I think for a minute and push the rest of my stack in (@ $22).
He instantly calls and turns over 2 5.
No miracle A on the river and his 4 deuces take down the pot.

Now I realize that I'm going broke on this hand no matter what, but what's your best advise on playing someone who will call 6x BB with 5 2? Do I just have to wait for his luck to turn around?