Friday, June 26, 2009

lol donkaments

Went pretty deep in the FTP Fifty-Fifty only to get busted by some trash talking guy on a crazy move. In No Limit Holdem, A-K is my favorite hand. I got it all in preflop, the way I like to, and it missed. Only, I wasnt coin flipping against Queens or Jacks - the guy had J-10 and I was almost a 2-1 favorite, with the money in sight. People say that your variance is a lot higher in big field tournaments, and as mostly a cash game player Id have to agree. All I can say is the same thing as Barry Greenstien: lol donkaments.

3 comments:

Chronic said...

Donkeys + Tournaments = Donkaments

OK so the term donkaments came into use a few years ago on the internet, especially on the 2+2 poker forums where it became prevalent and eventually ubiquitous in the comments. Whenever someone would win a huge tournament or get busted out by some ridiculous hand and post about, the replies would just be a series of people typing in, lol donkaments.

So eventually a bunch of the top online players agreed to put up $10,000 for Barry Greenstien's charity if he said lol donkaments on High Stakes Poker, which he finally did much to the delight and glee of the internet poker hordes.

umopapisdnpuaq said...

On a lot of the freerolls the donks aren't even there, so it's 2 or 3 active players out of 8 or 9 at the start, the rest are dead donkeys :)

Chronic said...

Just played another tourney, got about 3/4 of the way in, I had A-9 in the BB, and called a min raise. The flop was A-6-8 with two spades. I checked, he led out and I called. Turn was a red 7. So now I have top pair with an up and down. I check, he bets the pot, I go with my read and move all in.

Amazingly, he calls with KJ of spades, the river is the 10 of spades, and Im out. Again.

I was exactly a 4-1 favorite when the money went in.