6.5: raising donk bets

hoyasaxa · #1 09-04-2007, 10:17 PM

This hand really [censored] sucks

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].
3 folds, MP2 calls t30, 1 fold, Hero raises to t105, 2 folds, 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] (2 players)
MP2 bets t120, Hero raises to t250, MP2 calls t130.

Turn: (t755) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks.

River: (t755) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t755

luthar · #2 09-04-2007, 10:45 PM

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

hoyasaxa · #3 09-04-2007, 10:49 PM

limping on the button kills me on the inside

J-P · #4 09-04-2007, 11:10 PM

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.

JLaw · #5 09-04-2007, 11:42 PM

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

JSH06 · #6 09-05-2007, 02:10 AM

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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.

Scotty_12 · #7 09-05-2007, 02:42 AM

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.

RexWoo · #8 09-05-2007, 04:45 AM

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.