the word "donkey"

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im not sure if im the only one who feels this way but, does anybody ele think this word is stupid? i mean seriously why would you create a word for a bad poker player? theres no words for bad football or basketball players....they just suck. Come on people , if someones a bad player then tell em they suck, dont call em a "donk"...just makes u look like a poker dork.
 
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Honestly I never use it but it never bothers me at all. I guess when you get to be skilled at poker you build thick skin.
 
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i hate when people use the word DONK!! ... i agree completely to OP .. like it sounds so retarded like if we are going to degrade the players that suck we should atleast come up with a name that actually is somewhat offensive and quite possibly hurt the feelings of the player :)
 
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Oh, I have LOTS of other words for bad players. But, they are not fit to use in public or in the presence of respectable women!
 
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Why not call them donkeys.If they are raisen every hand go all in they are being a donkey=ass...ruins the game on other players.I used the word a couple off times but not too often.
 
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I thought the same thing... I haven't been playing online poker for all that long ... only with friends and stuff. If one of us called the other one a donkey, we would probably all beat the __-t out of them.
 
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I also agree. 10 years ago, the word "donkey" was just an innocent word for a barnyard animal. Now, poker players use the word to try to hurt each other. Kinda stupid.
 
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Definition: 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."
Also Known As: fish, pigeons
Examples: Last time I was at the card room, I got a table full of donkeys -- no one knew how to play at all.

If the shoe fits. lol
 
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I agree with that this is a stupid word and i hate when some one uses it all the time because they get beat by a better hand. I dont think people know how to use it. Its not when you get sucked out on it is when a terrible hand is played preflop and they when. Then call the a donk if you are a dork like that
 
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Whoever started that term must of been real pissed off. If I kept tracked how many times I was called that, I be rich !!! :eek::D
 
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"Will the real donkey stand up"! lol i get called that all the time too any body know what it means...........

Another name for a donkey is a JACKASS..

A Jackass being another name for a complete idiot.
 
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I'm kinda sick of the term too. Besides the fact that it is stupid to call bad players anything, most people label anyone who makes a call or bet that they don't like a donkey. Sometimes these are good poker players making fair calls, playing the odds, or gambling like your supposed to do. It's kind of annoying to hear it all the time when someone loses a hand. . .hehe.
 
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All sports seem to have their own terms. How about golf and the word hacker or Sally. In Hockey if your the Toronto goalie your a Seive. And in canada if your a liberal your have your own term to deal with. Dion, now there's a Donkey with a capital D.
 
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I'm kinda sick of the term too. Besides the fact that it is stupid to call bad players anything, most people label anyone who makes a call or bet that they don't like a donkey. Sometimes these are good poker players making fair calls, playing the odds, or gambling like your supposed to do. It's kind of annoying to hear it all the time when someone loses a hand. . .hehe.


I agree with you it is over used allot but some times is diserved.
 
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well whatever term u use for a bad player... one thing i DON'T agree with is telling them... I mean, why shame or embarass a bad player... tell them we played and hope that you always play against them... their one big lucky hand with J5 suited is never going to make more than the amount they lose playing this way.

I honestly hate to see someone berate a bad player... you might make the player leave the table.. no more fish money or that player might actually go away and learn to play better poker... either way its a loss.

Best thing... encourage them to keep playing the way they are. If everyone played good poker... it would be a very difficult game to make money from even for the very best.
 
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sorry that should be "tell them WELL played"

I'm such a donk!!
 
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Whoever started that term must of been real pissed off. If I kept tracked how many times I was called that, I be rich !!! :eek::D

Didn't Mike Matusow popularize it during the wsop broadcasts on ESPN a few years ago?
 
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A donkey is an ass...........pretty simple
 
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it gets throwen around to much lately just about anyone who wins a hand gets called a donk
 
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DONK" meaning jackass not nes a bad poker player jus a dumb ass call or the way they are playing a hand makes them a donk.
 
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lots of donks out there but i never tell them i think most of them know they are
 
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I'm guilty of calling people donks in the case that:

a. Its a tournament.
b. This guy just knocked me out of it.
c. He hit a 4 outter (Or less)
d. He didnt have any right to be in the pot when he hit.
e. I've invested more than two hours of my life in this tournament.
f. They brag in any way, or some other idiot tells them what a "VNH!" it was. (This drives me nuts.)

I know that I shouldnt and I try to refrain... but its better calling them a donk than some of the things I'm thinking of calling them.
 
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I get sick of a player berating another because of a bad beat. Yes, the donk won, but the loser won't let up, like they're some kind of pro, in this freeroll, lol. I usually tell them, if you're so good at poker you should know, a good fisherman doesn't scare away the fish.
I use the word a lot, but not about a player that I'm playing with, only in relating a story. I hope I get to play with many, because otherwise, I'm the donk at the table, lol.
Good Luck,
Tom
 
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It is a stupid term used by stupid players that get outplayed in a hand.Granted there are many times when a player wins a hand that they had no business being in but those are the type of people I want to be surrounded by at any table.It is used way more online than in live games in my experience.I have been called a "donk" so many times online it is amazing.I am 6'-5" and almost 300 lbs. and have never once been called anything but my name or "sir" at a live game lol.It is simply foolish to berate poor players at any time if you want to make money at poker.Some people just don't seem to understand that.
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