6.5: raising donk bets
 

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Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

SB (t3000)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
CO (t1500)
Hero (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t105</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls t75.

Flop: (t255) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t120</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t250</font>, MP2 calls t130.

Turn: (t755) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, Hero checks.

River: (t755) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t755

Re: 6.5: raising donk bets
 

limp pf and if you don't hit get out... plain and simple

Re: 6.5: raising donk bets
 

limping on the button kills me on the inside

Re: 6.5: raising donk bets
 

Raise a little more pf or limp. I prefer t120 with the limper. Call his silly lead and see what he does on the turn.

Re: 6.5: raising donk bets
 

At a 6.5 -- I'd call the lead (it was around a half-pot) and hope we get a check/check on the turn and often call a small bet on the river if the river is a likely brick.

I see a *LOT* of donk min-bets in similar situations. If my hand is vulnerable (like TT) or the board is draw heavy, I tend to throw in a pot raise to take down the pot immediately.

If my hand is significantly less vulnerable, then I'll usually make a smaller raise -- I want to bring the donk along, but at least make him pay to draw to a raggy 2pair, gutshot or whatever he thinks has value draw-wise.

Comments?

Jeff

Re: 6.5: raising donk bets
 

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Raise a little more pf or limp. I prefer t120 with the limper. Call his silly lead and see what he does on the turn.

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150 pf raise would probably also be fine.

Re: 6.5: raising donk bets
 

Preflop I am limping TT but raising JJ and AK here.
As played you arent folding any better hands by raising the flop , I doubt you are getting called by many worse hands, and you're spewing to hands that beat you.

Re: 6.5: raising donk bets
 

I limp too.

As played on the flop, creating a big pot by raising is bad for a lot of reasons but calling is good as he bets probably a lot of hands here.

After that, I am in c/f mode if unimproved.