Wow another donk at the .50/1

im cleaning up today at these tables donks r us today

PokerStars Game #11490613156: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/08/14 - 19:42:22 (ET)
Table 'Eridanus IV' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: narbet ($43.60 in chips)
Seat 3: Dustyg05 ($57.65 in chips)
Seat 4: mallemo ($38.25 in chips)
Seat 5: Donminator ($98.50 in chips)
Seat 6: coxxy21 ($32.65 in chips)
coxxy21: posts small blind $0.50
narbet: posts big blind $1
Adamr0226: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dustyg05 [Th Ts]
Dustyg05: raises $1 to $2
mallemo: folds
Donminator: calls $2
coxxy21: raises $6 to $8
narbet: folds
Dustyg05: calls $6
Donminator: folds
*** FLOP *** [8s 8c 7d]
coxxy21: bets $24.65 and is all-in
Dustyg05: calls $24.65
*** TURN *** [8s 8c 7d] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [8s 8c 7d Td] 9♠
*** SHOW DOWN ***
coxxy21: shows [Ks Jd] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Dustyg05: shows [Th Ts] (a full house, Tens full of Eights)
Dustyg05 collected $66.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $68.30 | Rake $2
Board [8s 8c 7d Td 9s]
Seat 1: narbet (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Dustyg05 showed [Th Ts] and won ($66.30) with a full house, Tens full of Eights
Seat 4: mallemo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Donminator (button) folded before Flop
Seat 6: coxxy21 (small blind) showed [Ks Jd] and lost with a straight, Seven to Jack

Erm... wow. Why on earth would he shove there?!? Looks like you've made a new friend

PokerStars Game #11486113903: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) -
2007/08/14 - 15:14:15 (ET)
Table 'Huenna' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Dustyg05 ($93.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Alfredosylt ($85 in chips)
Alfredosylt: posts small blind $0.50
Dustyg05: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dustyg05 [Qh Td]
Alfredosylt: calls $0.50
Dustyg05: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jh Kc 9d]
Dustyg05: bets $2
Alfredosylt: raises $2 to $4
Dustyg05: raises $88.50 to $92.50 and is all-in
Alfredosylt: calls $80 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Jh Kc 9d] 5♣
*** RIVER *** [Jh Kc 9d 5c] 6♣
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dustyg05: shows [Qh Td] (a straight, Nine to King)
Alfredosylt: mucks hand
Dustyg05 collected $176.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $178.50 | Rake $2
Board [Jh Kc 9d 5c 6c]
Seat 1: Dustyg05 (big blind) showed [Qh Td] and won ($176.50) with a
straight, Nine to King
Seat 2: Alfredosylt (button) (small blind) mucked [Th 8h]

did u just tell the guy to stop minraising, when he got payed off so easily with it? I don't think there is a right or wrong way to raise, the more you mix it up the better you disguise your hands. Sometimes I min raise, sometimes I make big raises. Have to mix it up to make it difficult for your opponent to put you on a hand. If you min raise with AA and end up getting a lot of chips from a guy people might take notice. You min raise next hand and people might be cautious. Poker about thinking 2 steps ahead and 1 step behind, whatever that means.

I didn't tell him to do anything - that is a link to an article that will explain to you both why it's such a terrible play at small/med stakes. It just so happens that the title is just that, "Stop minraising".

Regarding mixing your play up, that only applies when you play with people frequently enough that they start to read you like a book. There's no point in 'mixing up your play' when you're facing an unobservant player who will stack with KJ on that flop. You could play the same way every hand and he wouldn't notice.

yeh i mix my game up just like in tournys cash is my strong point been playing session with these guys for awhile and watching the raise was fine obv payed me off both times for over a $100 in 1 oh well

Fair enough. If you think you're better off minraising, then so be it.

gl

ps mods move this thread plz.

Some nice pots there, when I saw the 2nd hand I thought villain had the lower straight and called, didnt even realize he was only open ended, to the low straight no less. That is terrible.

chuck in my hands i min raised so they would go overtop i knew i had the best did u not see they raised which is what i wanted then i pushed

nice winnings the first one with coxxy i think it was terribly risky for him to go all in there when u could of raised with the pocket pair. i need to find myself some of these players

Now that is a very, very result oriented comment.

"Once I was on a flush draw and some guy bet $500 and I called with my whole bankroll and hit the flush on the river and won $1,000 pot! So now I always put my entire bankroll all-in on a flush draw!!!"