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  It rarely happens this way, but let's assume your hole cards are an Ace and a King, both hearts. The flop delivers a Queen of hearts, Jack of hearts, and a 10 of hearts. In other words, you're in pretty good shape for the rest of the hand. The problem is also that you are a passive player and everyone at the table knows it. If you start betting for what your cards are worth, everyone will know you have some pretty powerful cards and back down. Passive players usually only get aggressive when they have the nuts. This means that even the best hand will only win a pot rich enough to buy a bucket of chicken. If you are a conservative player, and need to get good value for a hand, you can use a maniac to help you.



  If your table happens to come equipped with a maniac player, you can use this guy to do your proxy betting for you. All you have to do is show some weakness. If your maniac is in a later position than you, just check to whet his appetite and give the impression that you are trying to see things as cheaply as possible. He will definitely bet, and perhaps even raise. With your good cards all you have to do is keep calling everything he does.



  Eventually he may get the clue that you have a good hand and are playing him like a violin. But the fact that you are not counterpunching though may just inspire this loose player to keep throwing bets into the pot in the hopes that you will get cold feet.



  Good Luck!