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so called 'donk bets'

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shozboy1:
Rizen folds. He says AK very tough to play when deep stacked. He advocates flatting a raise from an EP raiser, but willingly repops a MP/late pos raiser.

He interprets the donk bet as "often when a player leads into us he has some sort of weak made hand or draw". If he"d read the man for being able to lay down 88/A10/flush draw here its a raise on the flop. However, without a read, very early in a tourney, fold for the safe route.

Marty719:

--- Quote from: shozboy1 on January 28, 2010, 13:49:24 PM ---

He interprets the donk bet as "often when a player leads into us he has some sort of weak made hand or draw".

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I think its also become overly popular to donk a lot of strong made hands in this spot also.  

WYoung83:
 Like i said the other day on here, this "donk lead" is fast becomming part of the meta game strategy, and im not to sure weather it should be called a "donk" play anymore.
It deffo is a weird line for anyone to take, If he had a set of 9s or 3s for example, surely he would rather go for the check raise. The Donk lead is defently not a play that i ever do, but i see it all the time during cash games, when i repop they usually insta fold and i take a note on them about this. But in tourneys its much harder for you to repop because your AK now becomes a bluff with 1/2 your stack on the line.

On a side note i also consider AK a much tougher hand to play during tourneys than in cash games. In cash games with 100BBs or less, then im willing to get it in pre flop, because if a opponent has QQ then you want to see all 5 cards . but early on during a tourney, if you have around 150-200 BBs then this is a bit spewy and most of the time your at the wrong end of a flip and heading to the cash tables.

shozboy1:
I would rarely want to be all in in a cash game with "100BBs or less" with AK. Although I take your point alot of people now lead out for value when the flop a set versus checking to the raiser
Alot of the young internet pros still call it a donk bet though, and say it should be raised with position versus folding/calling

Swinebag:

--- Quote from: AMRN on January 28, 2010, 12:20:17 PM ---
Fold.

To be honest though, in level 1, with no reads or info, I suspect I might have flatted preflop, and looked to play the flop in position..... that way I have the opportunity to 3-bet post flop without committing to the hand.

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agree with champ

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