donk or fish

tcummo · Feb 9, 2011

hi all
are there any differences between a donk and a fish
or are they just two different names for the same type of player ?

Poof · Feb 9, 2011

imo a fish is a new player who doesn't know any better and spews chips and a donk is an idiot who should know better and spews chips.

tcummo · Feb 9, 2011

who's troy polamalu ?

.....back to topic

engman · Feb 9, 2011

Fish=New player who calls with just about anything. More likely than not, believes it is all about luck. Shark=Experienced, plays their position and sets traps, etc.

MediaBLITZ · Feb 9, 2011

It's the same exact player - the difference is :

The fish decides to shove with TJ against your pair of kings after a flop of K82 and you take all his money vaulting you to the final table with the chip lead.

The donk played the exact same hand the exact same way with the exact same flop (K82), BUT turns a Q and rivers a 9 for the straight, which cripples you, forcing you to shove ATC on the next hand, sending you to the rail on the bubble.

PattyR · Feb 9, 2011

donk and fish same thing imo

bigjoker66 · Feb 9, 2011

for me:
donk= aggressive poor player (bluffs too much)
fish= passive poor player (calling station)

Donks are harder to play against than fish.

Mortis · Feb 9, 2011

tcummo said:
who's troy polamalu ?

OT: For awhile, I thought Pooffy's sig was saying that Troy was so fat that he took up 1/4 of the Earth.

Double-A · Feb 10, 2011

Fish are ignorant.

Donkeys are stupid.

I'm either a Donktag or a Nitkey.

PattyR · Feb 10, 2011

also you could say a fish is somebody who chases draws

a donk is just a rigtard

CistaCista · Feb 10, 2011

I like how you can use donk about yourself as a verb. Like, "I donked out 4xBB on this poor hand" (maybe it works better in my own language).

I therefore also think that you can distingusih the terms by level of experience and agression. E.g. some new player who calls too much, then folds, I don't think you would call him a donk, but you would certainly call him a fish.

So donk is the more agressive type who should know better.

Disclaimer: I have only played poker a short while.

blackmax · Feb 10, 2011

Fish is a new player that would ask whats the diffrence and a donk is someone who plays bingo poker making bone headed plays for the quick payoff.

Liveone1 · Feb 10, 2011

Donkeys play poker on land and the fish do it under water.

pol_92121 · Feb 10, 2011

in my opinion donk are players who know rules and plays very bad and agresvily (and have so luck) fish are the players who have just know how to play poker and don't respect your raise and call everytime with botton peer and so on... iprefer fish players than donks

kmixer · Feb 10, 2011

So far I like Blackmax answer the best.

CerberAcE · Feb 10, 2011

bigjoker66 said:
for me:
donk= aggressive poor player (bluffs too much)
fish= passive poor player (calling station)

Donks are harder to play against than fish.

Thats the way I kinda label them.

Fish being more passive...limp calling 50%+ hands and calling you down with next to no equity.

Donk being the aggressive...raising alot of pots and pot sized donk bets post flop.

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