Donk Betting!

percival09

This is late in the Deepstack, and i'm just wondering how donk betting is effective? I know it probably will be some how, but I think if somebody donk bets, it shows weakness, surely? Because if they had had a good hand, surely they would wait for you to make the continuation bet? Am i right or wrong? This is quite a good example, and it worked, LUCKILY ha! 

PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceianthebeaSmall blind 1500.001500.0035353.52steve1312Big blind 3000.004500.0075182.20 Your hole cardsA7   dublin-upFold    HOTDOG960Fold    percival09Raise 9000.0013500.0070030.00DIDDYSFold    ianthebeaFold    steve1312Call 6000.0019500.0069182.20Flop  84J   steve1312Bet 19500.0039000.0049682.20percival09All-in 70030.00109030.000.00steve1312Fold    percival09Muck    percival09Win 58500.00 58500.00percival09Return 50530.000.00109030.00

offshoot

well think about it. Its gonna be pretty effective if he has AJ here.

percival09

Yeah i know that, but if the player has no reads (which he didn't of me), you would wait for the continuation bet, and then shove? I may be wrong but that's the way I saw it! 

DeucesLive

Or, he'd donk bet thinking you're holding the preflop aggressor cards, inducing the shove from you... where he snaps you off with a flopped set

Donk betting has its place, in fact- a bet anywhere in poker has its place, as long as you have a reason for it.

percival09

yeah fair enough, good point! But i still think it's a sign of weakness, in most cases. 

LOL_RAISE

i can tell you that when they donk bet into me for full pot i am alot less inclined to play back at them than if they donk bet 1/3rd pot

harvey23

terrible hand to jam with, you have 3 outs when they call.

percival09

I disagree, if I used the donk bet, I would make it look quite weak, i.e. 1/3 of pot to try and induce the raise. With this example, he bets pot, which is a v.strong bet, and therefore he can't really want a raise? I might be talking complete and utter nonsense but it worked here when it mattered lol! 

LOL_RAISE

but it costs you alot more to bluff raise him and we are playing guessing games mostly