donk or fish

#1 9th February 2011, 8:15 PM

hi all
are there any differences between a donk and a fish
or are they just two different names for the same type of player ?

#2 9th February 2011, 8:28 PM

imo a fish is a new player who doesn't know any better and spews chips and a donk is an idiot who should know better and spews chips.

#3 9th February 2011, 8:32 PM

who's troy polamalu ?

.....back to topic

#4 9th February 2011, 9:01 PM

Fish=New player who calls with just about anything. More likely than not, believes it is all about luck. Shark=Experienced, plays their position and sets traps, etc.

#5 10th February 2011, 3:28 AM

It's the same exact player - the difference is :

The fish decides to shove with TJ against your pair of kings after a flop of K82 and you take all his money vaulting you to the final table with the chip lead.

The donk played the exact same hand the exact same way with the exact same flop (K82), BUT turns a Q and rivers a 9 for the straight, which cripples you, forcing you to shove ATC on the next hand, sending you to the rail on the bubble.

#6 10th February 2011, 3:30 AM

donk and fish same thing imo

#7 10th February 2011, 3:36 AM

for me:
donk= aggressive poor player (bluffs too much)
fish= passive poor player (calling station)

Donks are harder to play against than fish.

#8 10th February 2011, 4:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcummo

who's troy polamalu ?

OT: For awhile, I thought Pooffy's sig was saying that Troy was so fat that he took up 1/4 of the Earth.

#9 10th February 2011, 6:09 AM

Fish are ignorant.

Donkeys are stupid.

I'm either a Donktag or a Nitkey.

#10 10th February 2011, 7:04 AM

also you could say a fish is somebody who chases draws

a donk is just a rigtard

#11 10th February 2011, 7:14 AM

I like how you can use donk about yourself as a verb. Like, "I donked out 4xBB on this poor hand" (maybe it works better in my own language).

I therefore also think that you can distingusih the terms by level of experience and agression. E.g. some new player who calls too much, then folds, I don't think you would call him a donk, but you would certainly call him a fish.

So donk is the more agressive type who should know better.

Disclaimer: I have only played poker a short while.

#12 10th February 2011, 8:58 AM

Fish is a new player that would ask whats the diffrence and a donk is someone who plays bingo poker making bone headed plays for the quick payoff.

#13 10th February 2011, 9:16 AM

Donkeys play poker on land and the fish do it under water.

#14 10th February 2011, 1:54 PM

in my opinion donk are players who know rules and plays very bad and agresvily (and have so luck) fish are the players who have just know how to play poker and don't respect your raise and call everytime with botton peer and so on... iprefer fish players than donks

#15 10th February 2011, 2:05 PM

So far I like Blackmax answer the best.

#16 10th February 2011, 9:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigjoker66

for me:
donk= aggressive poor player (bluffs too much)
fish= passive poor player (calling station)

Donks are harder to play against than fish.

Thats the way I kinda label them.

Fish being more passive...limp calling 50%+ hands and calling you down with next to no equity.

Donk being the aggressive...raising alot of pots and pot sized donk bets post flop.

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