"Donking" into someone

[Max Weinberg]

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I guess I don't understand how you come to the realization that your opponent was semi-bluffing. If you believed that on the flop, shouldn't you have reraised? If you come to that realization on the turn, what is it that triggers that realization? Don't you have to act first?

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That's why the donk is so God damned annoying and confusing. Sometimes it means "I just hit two-pair on the turn, or flopped a set and want a raise," and sometimes it means "I don't think you had anything with your flop bet," and sometimes it means "I'm an idiot bluffing into your hand on the turn with my draw." It's one of the few plays in the arsenal that makes me take a step back and say "What the [censored] just happened here?"

When you can't know exactly if he's semi-bluffing on the flop, donking the turn is a fairly cheap way to confuse the hell out of your opponent. Of course, since you just confused the hell out of him, you don't know whether he has TPTK or is calling to his draw.

I hate someone donking me with a passion, because it most likely induces call-down mode because it's so disconcerting.

[7stud]

lol. Great post.

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Would something like top pair on a flop with a straight and flush draw be one?

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That should read having top pair on the flop when the board shows straight and flush draws.

[Max Weinberg]

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lol. Great post.

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I just hate the donk with a passion.

It's just so illogical and random that I can't even handle it.

[jd_poker]

what's your won$/100 hands WHEN YOU MADE A DONK BET?

trying to work it out in PT now....

[Max Weinberg]

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what's your won$/100 hands WHEN YOU MADE A DONK BET?

trying to work it out in PT now....

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Honestly don't know how to filter/search that info out with Pokertracker.

Probably donked less times than I should've, considering how much it weirded me out.

[JetFuelGenius]

I wouldn't get to worked up about how loosely or incorrectly the phrase gets thrown around. It's just a phrase, and does not really imply that villian is making an incorrect play. I agree with you that it is a very good play in certain circumstances for the reasons you listed.