Donk bet in freerolls

DrazaFFT

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Title says everything, i see it a lot at FTP round 1, and at the bankrollmob $25

I dont understand it, what is the mind set of a poker player who calls you preeflop, donk bet minimum on flop, call a reraise, then donk bet minimum again on a next street, what ever hand that he could have, this can't be a right play to took more chips and why would anyone do that except to piss you off??

What could be good explanation of that act, is there some logic? Thinking that they are aggressive because they have read somewhere that you should be aggro in poker? trying to bluff me out of the pot with 1/15 of a pot raise????

Share your opinion please
 
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I usually take this very common move in any freeroll as a check and play the hand as if the opponent had actually checked. I don't think there is much behind that move, they are just freeroll players, most of them doesn't even know what they're trying to reach in most spots.
 
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Sounds like there trying a "blocking bet".
 
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Sounds like there trying a "blocking bet".

:D

My guess is that you are joking, :)

I didnt know much about blocking bet just run through some articles some time ago with blocking, set mining, limp raising etc, something like 10 essential nlhe move or something like that...

Anyway, gonna read little about it, is it really useful, of course if you do it the right way, seems like if you fire it at the wrong place/time you just screaming for re raise...
 
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I believe that simply by being a freeroll ...
much maniac play bingo and do not mind the tournament ...
or simply mind think that's the only way to make a big stack with a little luck ..
is my humble opinion
 
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Hey Maniacs play horrible hands, you play preimium hands, your ahead so whats the problem? freerolls are awesome imo
 
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Check out any information you can find on the strategy of small ball poker, could be what they are trying to do ,just they are not doing it very well..........scorp
 
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The only logic behind that way of playing is that they don't know what they are doing, and they don't know what they want you to do. They don't know the strength of their hand maybe. Also, some of them just started playing poker, so the best thing is to take advantage from them
 
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Hey Maniacs play horrible hands, you play preimium hands, your ahead so whats the problem? freerolls are awesome imo
YES. In my opinion I would rather not try to fill my mind with ideas trying to make sense of bad play. Tell them "hey nice hand bro! maybe you will get me next time" and keep reeling them chips in. Only way to make money is to capitalize on opponents mistakes, why not encourage them to keep making them.;)
 
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Here is a link to a gr8 instructional video by one of the very best online players and instructors of all time describing bet sizings such as these and the rational behind them.. enjoy ;) :D

http://youtu.be/J9jymoVogWg
 
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I do this kind of stuff sometimes if I have the nuts and try to induce a raise, ofc check also works, but its more fun when weak players shove all-in at your min raise... or they just fold to this raise!?!? It rly depends on the villains :D...
other than that.. freerolls are freerolls.. you can't argue with that :eek:
 
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It´s a freeroll. 98% of player are pure donks. Don´t expect phil ivey´s clones in those freerolls. Use your intelligence and most important your patient to steal their´s chips. Remember, they are donk, so expect donk moves.
 
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I think that quite often these are "blocking bets" of sorts. two types of hands I see do this are
1.draws. they have some sort of draw and they want to see the next card cheap and sometimes even think that their 1/11th pot bet will get other players to fold. in this case if you have any kind of hand just raise and theyll call then do the same min donk bet on the turn if they miss. you can usually tell its a draw when they min donk bet more than one street then sudden;y make a large raise when the draw comes in. another way to handle this is call two streets if you have say overcards or a weak hand and just raise if the draws miss. this will work enough times and youll be able to bluff real cheap.

2.This is probably more common where again they just want to see the turn/river real cheap because they have a weak hand usually bottom or second pair. again if you have something just raise and expect them to not be able to fold their weak pair. or just chase all sorts knowing that youre getting an excellnt price and you will most liekly get paid when you hit. dont try to bluff them though since even though they turn their hand face up as a weak pair or whatever they still probably wont fold vs a big bet when they should.

sometimes but this is alot less common I see people do this for 2 streets then make a huge overbet on the river because they had a monster on the turn and river and were either doing this for value or trying to induce a raise, I dont try to work out which since fishes minds just give me a headache. obviously this is just a retarded play because you get virtually no value from your monster and make it blindly obvious about your hand strength on the river allowing the opponent to get away from made hands very easily.
 
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banrkrol 25, even if it's on pokerstars, where k 4 players, and the first place $ 4, it would be really stupid to expect someone to play by the rules pokera. I won the tournament at the second attempt, but I certainly did not play, at least not until the end, according to some rules. simply because it makes no sense to fight against windmills .. motive is the one who determines how someone will do our best in a certain tournament, when the rewards are so modest, small., players simply horsing
..and,,, djesi drazo.. :)
 
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cant really call it a blocking bet if players are calling the re raise,
i do know that opponents love to give the perfect odds in the freerolls

so donk A min gets involved in 200 pot hand
he sees the flop, donk bets for 20
Donk B then re raises with a real hand, but instead of doing a proper raise, he does it in proportion of the opponents, so he raises 60 into a now 220 pot xD
i see it all the time in the freerolls, dont think opponents think like that, i think they usually are like "its a semi bluff" but they dont know how to do it properly lol

but one thing is for certain, its no blocker bet, a blocker bet is for pot control and the fact that they call a reraise shows they arent trying to control the pot
 
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