First time ever called a donkey - Could it be true?

[CardSharpCook]

You've got to be playing a lot more poker if this is the first time you've been called a donkey. It is a daily occurance for me on my limit tables where I play a TAG game.

You are a donkey, but not for calling PF. You are a donkey for taking such a tiny pot with it. I mean, would it kill you to check the turn? You are set up for a chk/raise vs. the field. Even if UTG doesn't bet it, someone will.

[TomHimself]

CSC, you sure do love to slowplay alot it seems [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

OP, dont worry about, half the time people at ur table dont know what they are talking about and jsut upset they lost a pot

[Lurshy]

Donkey is as Donkey does.

- Forrest Gump

To continue after the flop, you'll need the flop to hit you pretty hard. The odds of getting two pair, a set, a flush or a flush draw are ~15% so calling with 9:1 odds makes sense even if it is against 4 opponents.

I absent-mindedly folded 8-4 off in the SB against 4 callers recently. Flop came 8-8-8 and I've been kicking myself ever since.

You do need to hit the flop pretty hard, but the pay-off will be huge when you do.

[MikeSmith]

you probably cant even spell poker

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I would lead out on this flop.

Your play was not donkeyish in the least.

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I like this line, a CR makes it blatantly obvious IMO.

[betgo]

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I would lead out on this flop.

Your play was not donkeyish in the least.

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Preflop the call was automatic.

I don't like the way you played the flop. I would take a chance by slow playing and flat calling. You don't want to chase people away with a checkraise. With this kind of table, I would take a chance and checkraise the turn.

Leading out might be could, but I often take down pots on a bluff betting out of the blinds with a low pair on the board, so it might be better not to bet out.

The guy with Tx was the real donk. Since OP calls it x, it probably wasn't a very high x, so he shouldn't have called thepreflop raise and should have figured you had atleast a higher kicker and folded to the checkraise.

[mshalen]

After reading your responses I have to agree that the check raise move was a pretty bad play. I should have slow played and just called the flop. I am trying to change over from a weak-tight to a classic tight aggressive. Per your advise and Dr. Schoonmaker's in Psychology of Poker (an incredible book in case you haven't read it) one thing I need to change is to slow play more when I have a big hand. You are right I should have won more chips with this hand instead of going for the quick score.

I guess the conclusion is that I did play like a donkey but for reasons different than the players at the table thought. Thanks for the advise and the help towards improving.

[ansky451]

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one thing I need to change is to slow play more when I have a big hand.

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Thats usually not the main problem with a weak tight player.

I disagree that you should have slow played here.