[xtwalker]

How to play against... a donk that ALWAYS donks for the min.

I am currently sitting to the left of an absolute donkey that is currently running 57/11/4.5 over 28 hands.

The below hand history is from my 6th or 7th hand at the table, and the first hand I played.... Since this hand he has donked for $.25 on EVERY FLOP.

How do you adjust to this player? What is your reasoning?

*not meant as a bad beat story, I love how the hand played, but obv not crazy about the turn*

Full Tilt Poker Game #6909841100: Table Tripoli (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:43:49 ET - 2008/06/21
Seat 1: Svyrus ($28.35)
Seat 2: volidoff ($7.75)
Seat 3: Sweet Threat ($23)
Seat 4: turning page ($24.65)
Seat 5: Greeney81 ($30.65)
Seat 6: inspekt0rgadget ($60.10)
Greeney81 posts the small blind of $0.10
inspekt0rgadget posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to turning page [Kc Kh]
Svyrus folds
volidoff has 15 seconds left to act
volidoff calls $0.25
Sweet Threat folds
turning page raises to $1.10
Greeney81 folds
inspekt0rgadget folds
volidoff calls $0.85
*** FLOP *** [7h 6d Th]
volidoff bets $0.25
turning page raises to $1.75
volidoff raises to $3.25
turning page has 15 seconds left to act
turning page raises to $8.75
volidoff calls $3.40, and is all in
turning page shows [Kc Kh]
volidoff shows [Ad Jd]
Uncalled bet of $2.10 returned to turning page
*** TURN *** [7h 6d Th] [As]
*** RIVER *** [7h 6d Th As] [2c]
turning page shows a pair of Kings
volidoff shows a pair of Aces
volidoff wins the pot ($15.10) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15.85 | Rake $0.75
Board: [7h 6d Th As 2c]
Seat 1: Svyrus didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: volidoff showed [Ad Jd] and won ($15.10) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Sweet Threat didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: turning page (button) showed [Kc Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: Greeney81 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: inspekt0rgadget (big blind) folded before the Flop

[idpaman]

Looks to me you got your money in with the best of it, can't help they sucked out on you. That's poker. Move on to the next hand and win it back.

idpaman

[jojobinks]

treat it like a check.

[xtwalker]

Originally Posted by idpaman

Looks to me you got your money in with the best of it, can't help they sucked out on you. That's poker. Move on to the next hand and win it back.

idpaman

Not complaining about the hand at all, I'm perfectly happy with how we both got our money in... was hoping I made that clear in the OP.

I just threw in that hand history to show the first example of what he continued to do for the next 100 hands or so that I was at the table with him.

I generally will do like JoJo said, and treat it like a check and most often throw out my usual c-bet, but when he is donking EVERY HAND, I was wondering if I should think deeper into it.

[jojobinks]

Originally Posted by xtwalker

I generally will do like JoJo said, and treat it like a check and most often throw out my usual c-bet, but when he is donking EVERY HAND, I was wondering if I should think deeper into it.

when he does it EVERY hand, you should think much less deeply about it. the more automatic it is, the less meaning it has. the less meaning it has, the more you should ignore it.

these guys donk every street b/c once in awhile they see someone fold. b/c once in awhile they see someone fold to it, they think it's a viable strategy. anything anyone does automatically should be considered noise.

[StevenH72]

Originally Posted by jojobinks

when he does it EVERY hand, you should think much less deeply about it. the more automatic it is, the less meaning it has. the less meaning it has, the more you should ignore it.

these guys donk every street b/c once in awhile they see someone fold. b/c once in awhile they see someone fold to it, they think it's a viable strategy. anything anyone does automatically should be considered noise.

I agree, if DONK is doing it all the time, ignore it