Donk Story/Vent Thread (3 Viewers)

[Mojo1312]

I have two.

Playing $2/$5 NLHE earlier this year for the first time with a group mainly comprised of tight players and cautious ABC players, one player, the loosest of them all, was in full tilt mode. Villain shoved all-in pre-flop three or four times, turning over Q,8 off-suit while mocking the table and making snide comments about no one having the balls to call him.

Hero is dealt in middle position. Villain (UTG+1) jams for $185. Hero calls and hits seven's full on the flop. The board runs out six, six. Hero tells Villain he is good... if he has pocket sixes. Villain gives Hero a puzzled look. Hero turns over his hand showing him the full house. Half the players along with the Villain cast Hero a disgusted look. No one found any humor in Hero's loose call. Hero knew in that moment the game would never be fun. He hasn't gone back.

This next one is nuts. Every word is true. Playing in a two table $50 hold-em tournament the year before Covid. Down to nine. Re-buy period is long over. Player to Hero's right raises. Player directly opposite Hero re-raises. Villain goes all-in. Hero insta-calls. He asks Villain what he is holding. Villain asks Hero the same question. Hero turns over pocket Aces. Villain flips his cards over in the middle of the table showing J,9 off-suit. Hero stands up and leans over to get a better look, asking incredulously, "You called my all-in with Jack, nine? Why would you do that?" Villain, unflinching, cool as a cucumber with all of the confidence in the world, lifted his right hand and pointed to his cards, exclaiming "Because that is the winner!"

Hero looked at the faces around the table for our reaction and chuckled. Can't remember the order of the community cards, but Villain hit a straight on the turn or the river. Villain looked up at Hero who was still standing, dumbfounded, jaw wide open, and calmly said "I told you that was the winner." sweeping in the pot with his forearm. Priceless!

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Damn...your idiot didn't even have a pair.

SUCKA DEALA!

Don't get me wrong. I the way this hand played out. This game is amazing like this, and in spite of the recent downswing I'm still way up on the year. On top of that, the guys in the group are a ton of fun, and the host has fantastic whiskey that he happily shares.

It was just one of those moments where I'd already been running pretty badly for a couple weeks, and this particular hand made me think about flipping the table and going home. Instead, I joked about flipping the table and going home, bought back in, and lost three more buy-ins that night.

 

[JMC9389]

I have two.

Playing $2/$5 NLHE earlier this year for the first time with a group mainly comprised of tight players and cautious ABC players, one player, the loosest of them all, was in full tilt mode. Villain shoved all-in pre-flop three or four times, turning over Q,8 off-suit while mocking the table and making snide comments about no one having the balls to call him.

Hero is dealt in middle position. Villain (UTG+1) jams for $185. Hero calls and hits seven's full on the flop. The board runs out six, six. Hero tells Villain he is good... if he has pocket sixes. Villain gives Hero a puzzled look. Hero turns over his hand showing him the full house. Half the players along with the Villain cast Hero a disgusted look. No one found any humor in Hero's loose call. Hero knew in that moment the game would never be fun. He hasn't gone back.

This next one is nuts. Every word is true. Playing in a two table $50 hold-em tournament the year before Covid. Down to nine. Re-buy period is long over. Player to Hero's right raises. Player directly opposite Hero re-raises. Villain goes all-in. Hero insta-calls. He asks Villain what he is holding. Villain asks Hero the same question. Hero turns over pocket Aces. Villain flips his cards over in the middle of the table showing J,9 off-suit. Hero stands up and leans over to get a better look, asking incredulously, "You called my all-in with Jack, nine? Why would you do that?" Villain, unflinching, cool as a cucumber with all of the confidence in the world, lifted his right hand and pointed to his cards, exclaiming "Because that is the winner!"

Hero looked at the faces around the table for our reaction and chuckled. Can't remember the order of the community cards, but Villain hit a straight on the turn or the river. Villain looked up at Hero who was still standing, dumbfounded, jaw wide open, and calmly said "I told you that was the winner." sweeping in the pot with his forearm. Priceless!

Check his birth certificate. Gotta be Cuban.

Anthony beat me to the punch on @Schmendr1ck 's story. Would have been my response exactly.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Playing $2/$5 NLHE earlier this year for the first time with a group mainly comprised of tight players and cautious ABC players, one player, the loosest of them all, was in full tilt mode. Villain shoved all-in pre-flop three or four times, turning over Q,8 off-suit while mocking the table and making snide comments about no one having the balls to call him.

Hero is dealt in middle position. Villain (UTG+1) jams for $185. Hero calls and hits seven's full on the flop. The board runs out six, six. Hero tells Villain he is good... if he has pocket sixes. Villain gives Hero a puzzled look. Hero turns over his hand showing him the full house. Half the players along with the Villain cast Hero a disgusted look. No one found any humor in Hero's loose call. Hero knew in that moment the game would never be fun. He hasn't gone back.

Ugh. Good call on never going back. If you're going to mock the table looking for action, then you get action from 74s, at least smile and say, "Nice hand."

At the game I was talking about above, if this happened and you tabled your hand, you'd probably get an "oh shit!" or two followed by laughter from most of the group - sometimes even including the guy you just doubled through.

 

[Mojo1312]

Ugh. Good call on never going back. If you're going to mock the table looking for action, then you get action from 74s, at least smile and say, "Nice hand."

At the game I was talking about above, if this happened and you tabled your hand, you'd probably get an "oh shit!" or two followed by laughter from most of the group - sometimes even including the guy you just doubled through.

Hero's thoughts exactly. There is something wrong when you can't get a few laughs striking gold with a donkey hand against a player on tilt. It is not like we are all playing in a satellite tournament for a seat at the WSOP main event. The players took themselves and the game way too seriously. "$185 is not life changing money fellas. Loosen up." Hero lost $600 that evening, but he still was able to smile on the ride home recalling how he felted a player by flopping the nuts with four-seven suited.

The players were open in their disapproval, yet they keep inviting Hero back.

The jack-nine hand will forever be seared into Hero's memory. Kudos to the player who lost with aces for not going on tilt. He recovered and took down the tournament beating Hero in heads up play. The maniac that called him with jack/nine finished in third.

 

[JMC9389]

Hero's thoughts exactly. There is something wrong when you can't get a few laughs striking gold with a donkey hand against a player on tilt. It is not like we are all playing in a satellite tournament for a seat at the WSOP main event. The players took themselves and the game way too seriously. "$185 is not life changing money fellas. Loosen up." Hero lost $600 that evening, but he still was able to smile on the ride home recalling how he felted a player by flopping the nuts with four-seven suited.

The players were open in their disapproval, yet they keep inviting Hero back.

The jack-nine hand will forever be seared into Hero's memory. Kudos to the player who lost with aces for not going on tilt. He took down the tournament beating Hero in heads up play. The maniac that called him with jack/nine finished in third.

So many red flags. Stay away. They see you as a donor and like you said, it's like they're playing for millions at the WSOP the way they approach things.

I'd be happy to give action and splash around a bit if the game was fun. I'd either give no action or play at a VPIP of 70% when it's like that though.

 

[Mojo1312]

Unlike others who remember their bad beats, I remember the crazy wins. Don't know what that says about me or how many are the same way.

Put my name on the list of poker games at Red Shore Casino in P.E.I. after busting out of the Atlantic Canada Poker Championship a few years back. They called my name for $1/$2NLHE. I am walking over to the table with two racks of redbirds as the cards are in the air and see that I am UTG. I quickly grab a red chip and toss it onto the table. The dealer doesn't miss a beat. She pitches me a card and asks "Is that a straddle or a call?" It was intended as a call, but when she gave me a the option, I chose to straddle.

I sit down and wait for the action to come back to me. All nine players called the $5 straddle. I look down at K,9 of spades and decided to see who is who by making it $30 to go and get three callers. $150 in the pot minus the rake. The flop is ten high with two spades. I lead out for $75. The player next to me, who has me covered, shoves all-in. The two players at the other end of the table fold. At this point, I am pot committed and can't fold. The turn pairs the board and I brick the river. I lifted my left hand, holding the cards in my palm face down and tap the table twice, telling him "Good hand, you win." The player next to me says "All I have is queen high." and turns over Q,X of spades!

IMO, remembering those hands is what keeps the game alive.

One more from one of my first $2/$5 experiences around nine years ago. A player raises to $50 pre-flop in late position and gets two callers. They both check the flop. He c-bets for $100. One player folds, the other moves all-in. Our Hero tanks. $350 in the pot and he has seven hundred behind. He asks Villain "What do you have?" Villain, who has him covered, says nothing. Hero said "Did you flop a straight?" Still nothing. He continues to ruminate, then he asks again, "Did you really flop a straight?" Two pairs or a set had him beat, but for some reason he was hung on the straight.

After three or four minutes, he said "I have aces. I can't fold." and calls. The other player shows the straight! $1750 in the pot. The dealer burns a card and turns over an ace. He burns another card for the river, and turns over the case ace! W.T.F?