So What exactly is a Donkey?

The title says it all. I see so many people call other people donkeys. I thought it was someone who went all in on a crap hand and one, until I see it more commonly now, when someone wins with legit cards, just a little confused... Amy

Donkey is a ppl when call with shit cards a big Raise, Example:NL$10.$25 I raise to $1.5 and donkey call with 84 off suited, and he get straight in the flop and crack my Kings.
Is my definition XD

Donkey is another word word an ATM but at the poker table.

HUH?

^^^^^^

this is a donkey

bad player who makes stupid decisions and then generally gets lucky on you for all your money :[

Donkey is used way to often.Even though sometime it is diserved.Some players call a player a donkey because they were out played.

well kids its the truth ive lost plenty of times on high cards,but it happens thats poker

Underdog is right, term is way overused and almost always misused. Often the people being called donkeys are the ones crushing the table. People get stuck playing a certain way and other people identify it. Some people cant lay down hands and need to call someone else out to make themselves feel better. Gus Hansen is often called a donk for playing some different types of starting hands then others. Lots of ways to skin a cat. Some play this backward style very well, but i would imagine it would have a higher success rate live, then online, do to ability to have more reads.

Live action is totally another think and Gus Hansen, as you mention, is a player very capable on reading the other players. Given that he has the luxury of playing a few more hands than the average player.

ATM- automatic teller machine.
Gives you money......

donkeys are calling stations. They might win a hand here or a hand there but i love to have them at my table, cause 9 out 10 i'm gonna take their money

a donkey is anyone who is in my pot lol. no you have a few good answers here. basically idiot callin with bad cards and gettin lucky

Anyone who plays a bad move and gets rewarded, I think is suitable for a donk or donkey.

This is the closest to what I define as a donkey. In general, it a stubborn person (like a donkey is stubborn) that refuses to get out of the way, or let you bend their will. If they decide they are going to call you down to the end, there is nothing you can do to get them out of the pot. Occasionally donkeys get rewarded by longshot draws, but for the most part, you should be glad they are calling with the worst of it.

It varies from person to person but it is generally used to describe people who make irrational or poor calls or bets.

pooffy fooffy that was a bad idea....do you still win with it off?

Well a donkey is the guy who calls your aces with 2 7 off and cracks them ...
A donkey is a guy who reraise you with about anything and gets lucky on the flop turn river....
A donkey is the guy who makes you rich some times
So have alittle respect for ower ATM's =/

A donkey is just one of the many negative slang terms people use to describe poor players. Other names include, fish, donk, idiot, sucker, etc.

I like this definition.

DONKEY
A poker donkey is a bad player, or is he? A poker donkey is a gambler. Not just any old gambler though. The poker donkey will hit their gut shot straight, seven high flush, and miracle full-house after a fourth street flush. The poker donkey is a terrible gambler. The poker donkey will gamble with incorrect odds and hit their miracle card.

A poker donkey does not know any better. Donkeys like to play and they will get paid at your expense. You can expect to find a poker donkey at the lower limits of poker. Usually they will go on good runs of cards. The donkey will run so good that they will be mistaken that they are actually good at poker and berate other players to their fine playing skills.

But, like all donkeys they finally end up on the rail watching other donkeys play. The poker donkey will often be mad and sulk and blame the cards for the absolute terrible run of bad fortune. It is only then that the poker donkey will dig deep to gain knowledge of the game.

I forgot to add to the previous post.

Yes I agree, used far too much. So Amy if you were called a Donkey, just laugh it off. Just remember "The donkey will run so good that they will be mistaken that they are actually good at poker and berate other players to their fine playing skills".

Good luck.

donkeys-The donkey or ass, Equus asinus, is a member of the Equidae or horse family, and an odd-toed ungulate. The words donkey and ass are applied to the domesticated E. asinus. The animal considered to be its wild ancestor is the African Wild Ass, also E. asinus.

Poker Donkey-If a poker player is called a 'donkey,' he's a bad player who makes blatantly bad poker plays. A weak player.

Donkey is also shortened to "donk" by many players to announce that they're playing badly or planning to, as in "I'm going to donk it up tonight."

I like to use the ebonic phrase, Badonkadonk, when a woman is a donkey.

Any time you are inclined to call someone an Ass or any other profane word, they are more than likely a donk.

A donkey is someone who makes bad decisions...

Thanks guys! Ive have yet to be called a donk, bitch is more the word I hear for me. After reading all the replies, Im glad to say Im not a donk! I am very conservative, but aggressive. I don't play shit cards, but sometimes I think I need to

Same here. LOL.

what about "calling station"? would it be same as a donkey?

A donkey at your table in a cash game is an invaluable asset. Do not berate them because of their nature for they will cease to feed you. In the long run, who do you want calling your bets: the skilled player who plays correctly, or the unschooled unthinking donkey who plays incorrectly.

This is a donkey and it can be identified by the following traits

1. Makes rash decisions
2. Often cant shut up
3. No matter how badly they preform they often come out smelling
like roses
4. Even when they make terrible mistakes they have no idea they have
5. They make even there best friends pull their hair out

well it may sound strange but i am a very spritual person and have something that if other people lie to me i can feel it or if they are bragging up about something i know they are talking bullcrap,it is no joke wise people know this and sometimes when i have a hand i can feel if i win with it even a big suck-out hand and every time it happend 1 or 2 would go all in and come on with a hand like 10 4 you can't call 2 all-inners,right but every and i mean every time i would have played that hand i would win it 100% of the times and it are about 300 times now really difficult cause you don't play that kind of hands but he if i could win money with it i really should do it,but then i don't really play poker,and that is what i want. cause you get a lot of donkey calls then.....gr tim