‘A donk bet is a bet that is made into the aggressor from the prior betting round, denying them an opportunity to make a continuation bet’. So for example, a player in middle position opens for a raise, the button, and the big blind calls. A Donk-Bet is a somewhat unorthodox bet made by an out of position player who was not the aggressor in the previous street. “Eric called preflop, then lead out with a donk-bet on the flop.” Related Articles. In poker, a 'donk bet' is an out-of-position bet, usually small in size, that is made post-flop by a player that is usually: 1) inferior in skill 2) not the pre-flop aggressor For instance, let's say that a player in a $1/$2 cash game in early position raises pre-flop to $10. A more detailed and formal meaning to describe what it means to be an ass at the poker table IE make a donk play, defies a formal definition beyond you will know it when you see it because it is simply a stupid play on the part of another player that might make you consider that the particular player making the play is an ass. Donk bet In poker, donk betting means betting out of position (you must act first) without the betting initiative (you did not make the last bet or raise on the previous betting round.).

In this hand from the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event, I face a donk lead on the flop and have a pretty strong draw. When facing donk leads, it's important to range your opponent correctly and play accordingly.

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It began with the blinds at 1,500/3,000/3,000 when action folded to me in the cutoff. I was sitting with 220,000 (73 BBs) and looked down at the . I raised to 8,000 and the player in the small blind, who I labeled a “laggy kid” (84 BBs), made the call while the player in the big (97 BBs) came along as well.

When the flop fell , the small blind led out for 7,000, and the player in the big folded. What do we do here? This player’s range should be comprised of either very good made hands that are susceptible to being outdrawn, pretty much nine-ten, some sort of draw, or a marginal hand like a pair of tens or nines, which would bet for both value and protection. Knowing that, should I raise?

I’m almost never raising here unless I have a flush, and even then, I might not raise a bad flush.

That’s hard to do against an unknown player, though in the Main Event I think it’s alright as most players aren’t ripping it in with a one-pair hand on the flop. However, in this instance, I opted to call and the peeled off on the turn giving me the straight, but also putting out three clubs.

My opponent bet 18,000, about half pot. I almost always have the best hand here, the question is should I raise? I’m almost never raising here unless I have a flush, and even then, I might not raise a bad flush. Think about it, if my opponent is leading out on the flop with a draw, a flush draw is the most likely.

I just called and the river put four clubs on board, thus improving me to a queen-high flush. My opponent checked and I needed to decide whether or not to bet. Going back to what I said before, if my opponent had a club draw, he could very well have either the and/or . If he did, he may check them given both the and would make a straight flush.

As such, I don’t think I need to bet the queen-high flush. What would I be trying to get called by? A flush is an answer, but the only flushes that I beat are the or lower. He probably doesn’t have a lot of those, so then I’d be looking at either a straight, set or two pair, none of which are likely to call a bet.

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I do check behind and my opponent showed the for a flopped up-and-down straight draw. It was good to see he did lead the flop with a hand we thought would make logical sense – a junky draw. This ended up working pretty well for me, and I can confidently assume had I bet the river he would’ve just folded his two pair.

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For a more thorough breakdown of this hand, check out my thoughts in the following video:

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