Donks ending up at final tables

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I'm truly amazed at times when I see a player who I know the majority of the time take long shot bets on rag cards yet seems to suck out wins. What is even more amazing is I am actually seeing some of them at final tables.
If I bet rag cards all in preflop for example like some of these full time donks I'd never make a final table. Life just doesn't seem fair in online poker sometime :)
Are any of you noticing some the well known donks at final tables lately?
Thanks,
jb_illini
 
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Obviously you need luck to win multible rag cards preflop all in but if you manage to win 1-3 in late stage MTT you dont really need to fish anymore

if you want a seat at final table you kinda need to win coinflips here and there
 
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Just luck ...in the long run you are gonna make more money from them than with players playing solid poker or good players..
 
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Depends on what kind of tournament your talking about. ...I've seen alot do this in freerolls to double or triple up early and then play tight the remainder of the freeroll. I don't see to many doing this in buy in tournaments.
 
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I also agree that in some cases only the luck decides who is thw winner this time!!!!!
 
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Unfortunately I met more time donks in winners list, sometimes in first places.
After I am feeling idiot, but that is poker. Sometimes it is fair, sometimes wrong.
 
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In multi-table tournaments can win and weak beginners, but hope for luck in every game can not. Carefully evaluate your strength and position and you will beat many lucky people!
 
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Obviously you need luck to win multible rag cards preflop all in but if you manage to win 1-3 in late stage MTT you dont really need to fish anymore

if you want a seat at final table you kinda need to win coinflips here and there

This!. At some point you faded a ton of outs or got it in aq vs an and won or jj call and won. Don't sweat the donks they will be depositing soon that money will be passed to others rather quickly. Remember in order for those guys to stick around they have to have some days that make up for all the bad ones. They see other players donking and winning and it's too hard for them to fold suited xx.
 
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You must be seeing this at small tournaments since the math simply wont allow players that make poor calls often to make it that far. Perhaps once or twice if they were able to build huge stacks but there is no way they can consistently win.
 
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I think it's better to have donks at the final table who make questionable calls and will bust better than some experiences player who is gonna exploit u and make u have hard decisions to make. Just play premium hands against the donks and get it in good,, that's all u can hope for
 
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You must be seeing this at small tournaments since the math simply wont allow players that make poor calls often to make it that far. Perhaps once or twice if they were able to build huge stacks but there is no way they can consistently win.

It can happen in large tournaments. Sure it's rare but luck is a bitch.
 
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Poker is a skill game, but it also requires quite a bit of luck if in a large sized tournament. Chess on the other hand is pure strategy and skill, the best person wins every time, but with poker donks seem to always hit with ace rag
 
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I think

I'm truly amazed at times when I see a player who I know the majority of the time take long shot bets on rag cards yet seems to suck out wins. What is even more amazing is I am actually seeing some of them at final tables.
If I bet rag cards all in preflop for example like some of these full time donks I'd never make a final table. Life just doesn't seem fair in online poker sometime :)
Are any of you noticing some the well known donks at final tables lately?
Thanks,
jb_illini

Yes you are right, the game is live tournament and poker tournament on the Internet is different. Very often a weak hand moving strong. But based on this information, it is necessary to put and adjust myself game.
 
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The way you use the word Donks is so wide and not defined. I am one most would call me a donk until you understand my style of play. So what I ask is how good are you ? please dont tell me resaults because any one can win or lose. stats dont tell tell how people react of when they will call you all in when they are tired.

watching and knowing when players are on their A game or not and understanding reasons whay players do certain things or not. recognising thngs at the table quickly and knowing the type of play you need to make against them Etc....

basically how well rounded is your game and are them at the final table really donks ?

A good player figures out what he has to do to beat them p[layers in the game before it is over.


Have a good day
 
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Don't worry about them. math will kill them eventually. Let them have their day and then keep adding to the prize pool when their luck runs out!!
 
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Donks are lucky but variance should rise you to the too
 
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If you take into consideration how many people play online there's enough that each time another one can suck out on you and there's more coming and the problem is they don't just shove it with poor hands a lot of them will also call with weak aces or other weak hands and then somehow make trips straights a flush or something else against your premium starting hand like AA KK or your Q's and take your Stack ending up at the final table and even if math is on your side the next time same thing happens just this time it's another Donk sometimes really hard not to let it break your Spirit
 
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i gotta stop looking at these threads
 
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