At both stud hi and Stud 8 tables up to .25/.50 (which is as high as I play) there is a certain variety of player that just bets and raises every street all the time. They're very easy and profitable to play against though very high variance. But I just wonder why...

Other games do not have nearly the number of total maniacs as the stud tables. What is it about stud games that attract these crazies?

Any ideas?

GM , see you at the tables this morning - u r playing good but almost low or? the maniacs are the chinese players ?!?

like this hand?

Poker Stars $0.50/$1.00 Limit Stud Hi/Lo $0.05 Ante - 8 players
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3rd Street: (0.8 SB)
Seat 1: xx xx 3____Seat 1 folds
Seat 2: xx xx J____Seat 2 folds
Seat 3: xx xx Q____Seat 3 completes
Hero: A A 7___Hero calls
Seat 5: xx xx 8____Seat 5 folds
Seat 6: xx xx J____Seat 6 folds
Seat 7: xx xx 3____Seat 7 brings in for $0.25____Seat 7 calls
Seat 8: xx xx 5____Seat 8 folds

4th Street: (3.8 SB) (3 players)
Seat 3: xx xx Q Q____Seat 3 bets____Seat 3 calls
Hero: A A 7 2___Hero calls___Hero calls
Seat 7: xx xx 3 4____Seat 7 raises

5th Street: (4.9 BB) (3 players)
Seat 3: xx xx Q Q K____Seat 3 bets
Hero: A A 7 2 K___Hero calls
Seat 7: xx xx 3 4 3____Seat 7 calls

6th Street: (7.9 BB) (3 players)
Seat 3: xx xx Q Q K 4____Seat 3 checks____Seat 3 calls
Hero: A A 7 2 K A___Hero bets
Seat 7: xx xx 3 4 3 5____Seat 7 calls

7th Street: (10.9 BB) (3 players)
Seat 3: xx xx Q Q K 4 xx____Seat 3 checks____Seat 3 calls
Hero: A A 7 2 K A A___Hero bets
Seat 7: xx xx 3 4 3 5 xx____Seat 7 calls

That hand is much more sane than the kind of thing I'm talking about. If you play Stud games on Poker Stars, I can name names (Camala, Cris, Vander, and many others) There was one at the Stud 8 tables today name Ice something... not the Chinese players. they are over-aggressive at times, but I mean players that just blindly bet and raise all the time. Playing like 65/45 and see most hands to the river betting and raising all the way.

What is your name on PokerStars? I don't remember a darex. And it depends on the table. If it's really loose, I tend not to play hands that only go one way unless they're really strong.

you can.t remember a darex cause thats not my SN on stars.

You probably just notice them more in stud because it's a smaller community. There are plenty of lhe players at those stakes doing similar things but the community is bigger. It's just low stakes players not knowing what they're doing and/or not caring. Also, in some of the off-games you might get an occasional player who plays something else higher but just feels like donking around and/or experimenting with something. I'm in America and don't play there anymore but that's probably your answer. I mean, there are bad low stakes players...

maniacs are fun

my 7 A J T 3 8 8 versus maniac's xx xx J K 6 2 xx

after 3rd street everything was capped obv.

hm, who plays such starting hands? let me guess.... chinese?

close. german.