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Old 12-24-2005, 12:57 PM
mshalen mshalen is offline
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Default First time ever called a donkey - Could it be true?

Sorry I didn't save the HH but here is the basic situation. Stars 180 $20 SNG. Blinds 100/200. Don't recall if the antes had started. I am the BB. All the other characters had similar sized stacks -only one read on a player. I think my image is a weak-tight player which is true but I am trying to become more aggressive. This is not a results oriented post or showing off some stupid move that worked. I rarely post hands but this one has been nagging at me since yesterday.

UTG mini raises to 400 (Notes say previously miniraised from EP with AKs and QQ as well as suited connectors)
MP calls 400
MP2 calls 400
Button calls 400
SB folds
BB- me J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Pot has 1,900: 4 callers at 400, sb 100, bb 200. Cost to me to call $200 getting about 9:1. So I called for $200. I figured no one could ever be a 9:1 dog pre flop but I would probably being check folding after the flop.

You can probably guess what happened next.

Flop T,3,3
I check, UTG bets 1,000, MP calls 1,000, MP2 folds, Button calls 1,000. I bet out $5,000 (pot size bet)(probably a weak-tight move). Folds around to button who instantly pushes for about 10,000. I call the remaining 3,500 of my stack.
Button turns over Tx and I take the pot.

This is where everyone went nuts. The button started calling me a donkey and some of the others joined in with such things as: how could I call a raise with a trash hand, what a donk play, calling me an idiot and so on.

What I would like from you guys is either a little moral support or some help in why my play was wrong. I figured the pot odds were screaming for a call and the only times I would call with J3 is in a blind situation for free (see above weak-tight self assessment) and for a miniraise only if the pot was huge.

So I leave the comments up to you.
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