How to tell a Donk

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to me a donk is when they get a bad beat,rivered or simply lost to a better hand,and next hand they go all in,with any two cards
 
NeverEnough

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why is that a bad thing?
B/c they lose a majority of the hands they play like this. They call all bets down to the river & showdown with just high card. Then they get mad b/c they loset the hand.
I have yet to see one of these tools last long in the MTTs I play.
Are you one of those players?
 
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Any time some one losses a hand to me they are a donk and any time i lose a hand to some one else i am a donk. HaHa.....
 
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Embrace the donk they are your pay cheque :D
 
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No mercy for the short stacks or the donks.
 
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I have recently learned that it's best to not inform your other players that you are a smart player by pointing out others mistakes... i'll comment something like "wow" or "sick" but that's about it anymore. I used to be reeeaaally bad haha, especially when i played on FullTilt lol

If they truly are bad players, they're not gonna wake up from something you said and start playing better all of a sudden, they're just gonna keep playing the way they do, and when u start gunning for them and their K6off two pairs against your AKs you lose your stack cause u thought you had him this time.
 
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I recently sat at a table where a guy was shoving every hand I was taking my time and folding just waiting for that one hand to felt him then I get a 53 and he just calles my BB flop comes A 2 4 now I have him and I check and smooth call the flop and turn then shove on river he has AA for set and calls me a donk I lol and remind him he didn't raise with that hand just called my BB so I know he was tring to trap but got traped instead....lol who's the donk now that he got felted with the one hand that he should have shoved with!
 
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As far as spotting the donk goes, my wife always suggests I look in the mirror........
 
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Short answer, pay attention!

How you tell a donk probably has alot to do with your definition of the term donk. My understanding is that it refers to a player who is to stubborn (like a donkey or mule) to lay down a hand when they should know that they are beat. There are lots of bad players out there. Not all of them are donkeys. There are a lot of unorthodox players out there who play a wide range of hands, that are quite successfull just because they are so unpredictable. I don't think that makes them donkeys, especially if it works for them. The donkey could just as well be the guy who calls a big pre-flop raise with pocket Qs and then refuses to fold to an all-in bet when the flop comes A-K-K. Not because Q-Q is such a donkey hand to play, but because he should have known he was probably outflopped and not been too stubborn to his Qs down. I guess what I'm saying is that it's not necessarily about the cards as much as how they are played. A-K is by no means a donkey hand. But when the flop is middle cards, and the turn puts a third heart as well as a possible straight draw out there you might need to consider folding to bet. At some point you have to consider that your "Big Slick" has shrunken down to just A high and let it go. But that's just my opinion.
 
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