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[QUOTE="N.D., post: 802063, member: 30036"]
I think "donkey" is kind of overused.  If you stop to think, donkey is just the polite way of saying jackass.  IMHO a very good player is just as capable of being a jackass as a very bad or novice player.  God knows I can be downright mule-headed at a table.  I wouldn't say I'm very bad or a novice, but let's take me out of it for the moment and consider the pros we've all seen behave like absolute jackasses.

A donkey is one thing and a fish is another.  A fish sucks out on you, and doesn't realize that's what he or she did.  You say "nh" and they say "ty" because they really do think you meant it.  Of course after the river it is a nh or at least a gh.  A donkey on the other hand does the same thing a fish does but then thinks it makes them a kick-ass player and starts spouting crap like "I rock" or "Never try to bluff me"(which is of course unnecessary as you've just made a note of their being a calling station and stickied it to their avatar).

But taking it further, sometimes a donkey can be a really good player who stubbornly keeps playing his or her best and fanciest game at a table where it's not only overkill but bites them in the rear.  The perfect bluff against someone who can't fold an ace even when a flush or str8 is very apparent to everyone at the table only serves to make you go on tilt.  Problem is you realize it right after.  You are being stubborn, and yes, a donkey.  Donkeys are notoriously stubborn creatures.

I'm sorry for the bad grammar.  Just know that when I say you I also mean "I" or possibly "we".
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