A maniac is a player who plays extremely loose and aggressive, often raising with just about anything Maniacs at the table tend to increase the variance considerably With all the maniacs at the table, I decided to just wait for the nuts and let the money come to me
emphasis If you describe someone's behaviour as maniac, you are emphasizing that it is extremely foolish and uncontrolled. A maniac driver sped 35 miles along the wrong side of a motorway at 110 mph. = lunatic
disapproval If you call someone, for example, a religious maniac or a sports maniac, you are critical of them because they have such a strong interest in religion or sport. My mum is turning into a religious maniac. football maniacs. = fanatic
top -- A player who does a lot of hyper-aggressive raising, betting, and bluffing A true maniac is not a good player, but is simply doing a lot of gambling However, a player who occasionally acts like a maniac and confuses his opponents is quite dangerous Muck -- top -- The pile of folded and burned cards in front of the dealer Example: "His hand hit the muck so the dealer ruled it folded even though the guy wanted to get his cards back " Also used as a verb - "He didn't have any outs so he mucked his hand "
A player who does a lot of hyper-aggressive raising, betting, and bluffing A true maniac is not a good player, but is simply doing a lot of gambling However, a player who occasionally acts like a maniac and confuses his opponents is quite dangerous
back -top A player who does a lot of hyper-aggressive raising, betting, and bluffing A true maniac is not a good player, but is simply doing a lot of gambling However, a player who occasionally acts like a maniac and confuses his opponents is quite dangerous Muck back -top The pile of folded and burned cards in front of the dealer Example: "His hand hit the muck so the dealer ruled it folded even though the guy wanted to get his cards back " Also used as a verb - "He didn't have any outs so he mucked his hand "