Can someone explain the psychology of donking here?
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players
$3.40+$0.10
Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter
| SB | Hero | 500 | |
| BB | StillNight1 | 500 |
Effective Stacks: 25bb
Blinds 10/20
Pre-Flop (30, 2 players)
Hero is SB
Hero raises to 40, StillNight1 calls 20
Flop (80, 2 players)
StillNight1 bets 40, Hero raises to 100, StillNight1 folds
Final Pot: 160
Hero wins 220 ( won +80 )
StillNight1 lost -80
Not going to lie, sometimes i'll donk out like that, however on the $1.50 level this will generally steal the pot as most players will fold.
It's happened a few times now and I've never understood why villains do it.
They flatted preflop which reduces the amount of Ax in their flop range.
When they do have a weak Ax holding that they could understandably flat @ > 20BB: ~[A7 - A2], you would expect they would c/r or c/c because they should expect that I would be cbetting this board with pretty much 100% of my preflop raising range.
And those tricky fish who like to "trap" with their strong Ax preflop => it's against their trappy nature to donk out. They will be check-calling all the way unless a FD comes out at which point they will announce they're ready to play for stacks.
Therefore by donking, villain essentially announces they don't have Ax and cap their range at some gutshots, some 3x or some overcards to 2nd pair. Basically most of their range is a complete bluff which can't stand any sort of pressure.
Which means I can click it back with my entire preflop raising range (and barrel off in position if required) ridiculously profitably.
Are there any good resources for learning about how fish think in common spots?
(besides the very good Sentin vid: crushing fish like a boss)
Reasoning: he is a fish (subcategory: donking fish).
Science you cannot know if someone is a donking fish or not, you cannot pre-adjust to it. You just catch the fish, kill, cook and eat it.
End of story.
Hi.
Lol