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Originally Posted by Shafty78
One thing that I sometimes have a problem with is players (usually bad ones) making weak-looking donk bets on the flop.
Let's say I raise with AK from button, and the BB calls.
Flop comes 4-8-J rainbow, and BB donk leads for $0.75 into pot of $1.80. What do you do? Raise or just give up?
Can you talk about donk leads a bit please...
Oh, and should the hero ever do it?
in your example i would just fold. one major leak of players i find is that they get super spazzy vs anyone who donks into them and start going crazy with bluff raises.
donking is something you want to watch carefully and make notes on what they showdown after doing it. if they are the sort who donk "for information" with middle pair etc, then u can bluff raise. if they donk with top pair to avoid u checking back... well then bluff-raising them isnt going to be too successful...
donking yourself is something that can be used. i am trying to encorporate it more into my game, i think you need to watch for villains who will spazz raise donks - they are obv good to donk into. you should also look to donk boards where villains wont neccessarily cbet because it looks dangerous but may call a bet by you - e.g. a board of 975, someone with 67 probably wont cbet, but they will call a donk. i wouldnt recommed doing it as a bluff until you know how your opponent will react.
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Originally Posted by ayuken
Btw, how is Reading ? There is a slim chance I will be there this year for a postgraduate course.
idk where u r from but its quite expensive in reading. similar in price to london basically because its quite close. so u probs need to get a job when u come here. any night out is going to be £30+ and rent will probs be £80 a week+ unless u live in uni halls. if ur into shopping, reading is pretty decent for that.
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Originally Posted by USS_steamship
More on how to play 3bet pots OOP correctly. And also, blind vs blind play, especially when being OOP. These are the spots where i'm prone to make big mistakes.
idk if u meant when u r the aggressor or not, but never ever ever flat 3bets oop. u will just get so totally owned postflop its better to 4bet or fold.
i will talk about 3bet pots a lot more in a vid hopefully i can make a cool 50nl vid tonight or something.
if you are struggling to play in blind battels, then just stop playing as many hands when its folded to u in the sb. you will be oop for the entire hand, so you should probably play a similar range to what u would do in early position.