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Originally Posted by FloatingOOP
Curious to get some feedback on to why leading out on a flop after you call a PF raise of another player is considered "donking" out. Its almost as if the poker community views this as a donkey play like 100% of the time. This is interesting because many advocate that "always" doing this or "never" doing that is not in the repertoire of winning players. Meaning that in theory, any successful player would mix it up depending on table/player dynamics and so forth. "donking out" is a universal term and almost implies this is never a correct strategy. Would anyone agree that this can be a very profitable move against a lot of different player types? If so, why do HH with someone other than the initial raiser leading out get labeled as "donks out WTF/LOL/???"
I think you are taking the term "donk bet" or however you want to say it.
"donks the flop", "donked into x players" whatever.
and you are assuming that just because its called "donking" that only donkeys do it but that assumption is wrong.
I am pretty sure I have read some threads about donk bets, that actually go as far as to say that its not a "donkey" play just called a "donk" bet
I just assume it is called that because people assume you are a fish when you bet into a PF raiser or whatever like take initiative of a hand on the turn or some **** like that.
basically what I am trying to say is that I think you are taking it too literally.
Its just a term.
thinking of it just as taking control of a pot or taking initiative in a hand.