Poker Donkey Meaning English
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Poker Donkey Meaning Slang
Poker Donkey Meaning Dictionary

Donkey - a term to describe a beginner poker player who does not understand what he does or why he takes this or that action. The most common sign of a 'donk' is an often preflop calls or limps. Also, this kind of players often call raises, not realizing that they’re long ago behind their opponent.

If you have spotted a donk at your poker table, stick to ABC-poker playing against him (i.e., only with your strongest cards, playing accurately the winning combinations of poker hands), and 'donk' will soon give you all the chips in his stack.

Donkey - a term to describe a beginner poker player who does not understand what he does or why he takes this or that action. The most common sign of a 'donk' is an often preflop calls or limps. The most common sign of a 'donk' is an often preflop calls or limps. The 'donk' in 'donk bet' refers to 'donkey', which is somebody that is seen as having a lack of skill in poker. 'Donk bets', though, can be used by skilled players to confuse their opponents. The exact meaning of the word may vary somewhat. Here are the different definitions: An unexpected bet (a bet out of nowhere), which is hard to interpret for opponents as it doesn't seem to follow the pattern of the previous betting sequence. In poker, a donkey is an unskilled or 'bad' player who often puts his chips at risks. A donkey will often play a very loose style of poker. In some poker circles donk is an abbreviation of 'donkey' and is used to describe any player who plays terribly. Alternatively the term can be used as a verb: donk off all one's chips. It can also refer to a bet that is perhaps not fully justified or that is suspicious or questionable: 'He called my turn raise and then donked the river.'

The opposite term to a donkey is a regular or shark.

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The poker term 'donk bet' was actually coined relatively recently, only coming into prominence over the last decade or so.

Poker Donkey Meaning English

It started out as a somewhat derogatory way of describing a bad play (strategically speaking), although over time the term has been used more generically to describe a specific type of postflop bet.

PokerNews recently caught up with 888Poker Ambassador Dominik Nitsche who offered a quick explanation of donk betting and how the move fits into larger strategic concerns in no-limit hold'em.

Poker Donkey Meaning Words

As Nitsche explains, a 'donk bet' refers to a postflop bet in which a player who is out of position is 'leading into the preflop aggressor.'

In other words, say a player in late position raises before the flop and another defends the big blind with a call. Then after the flop the player in the big blind leads out with a bet — called a 'donk bet' because (as Nitsche explains) 'usually inexperienced players would do it,' not realizing the importance of position when making that leading bet.

Poker Donkey Meaning Slang

'Typically this is thought of as a bad play, but there's a lot more to it,' explains Nitsche, who goes on to distinguish between situations when leading with a so-called 'donk bet' can actually be a good play and times when it clearly is not. Take a look:

Poker Donkey Meaning Dictionary

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