The cash value of position vs a maniac

[AmiableFool]

The scenario: A maniac is on fine form and you been waiting for a seat at the table. One finally opens up--on the maniac's right.

What do you do? Your options are to join the table in a bad position or to wait for a better one. Each round of waiting is a round in which the player might go broke and leave, but making money out of position against an aggressive player is hard.

Is there a way to quantify the value of waiting versus the value of positions far from the maniac? When you are targeting one, how many seats left are you willing to sit, and why?

 

[Station_Master]

I sit down.

Just wait for a good hand and dont fold. Better to play oop than not at all.

 

[Aballinamion]

The scenario: A maniac is on fine form and you been waiting for a seat at the table. One finally opens up--on the maniac's right.

What do you do? Your options are to join the table in a bad position or to wait for a better one. Each round of waiting is a round in which the player might go broke and leave, but making money out of position against an aggressive player is hard.

Is there a way to quantify the value of waiting versus the value of positions far from the maniac? When you are targeting one, how many seats left are you willing to sit, and why?

Personally I don’t like to face maniacs, I rather go for easy passive players. But if you enjoy facing this kind of opponent the ideal is to have a good range advantage and play against it (as StationMaster said).