We’ve faced off over the term in blog and forum here. I somehow don’t care for the term as much as others. I admit to it being a prejudice of mine.
A few days ago sitting at a stud table, I got 7′s full of 4′s in 5. It was a hand that I wouldn’t have played in the majority of cases but got it with the bring in. In this case, I had a great hand from what you’d normally call trash. I also lost the hand when the other player rivered his 8′s full. This would be a great time to yell about a shit hand getting his 2-outer on the river. He did. But, as someone said in the forum, you don’t get people with things like a pair and a flush draw to leave with grace. Donkey? I don’t know. That is the problem. I just can’t get inside the other guys head. He could think he has a solid read on me or he be just a chasing machine. Without a crystal ball I can’t be certain. The board looked like I might be on a steal of sorts. Usually, that means a nice payday and he thwarted that nicely. Donkey? I just can’t say.
Gus Hanson’s early wins were marked with aggressive play and calling with ‘trash’ that all the books say to dump. He gave Scandinavian player a reputation that continues to today. Daniel Negreanu’s favorite hand is a ratty connected one-off and he’s ‘sucked out’ a bunch of solid players with that or similar hands. In Gus’ case, he seems quite capable of sharing his thought process including a book just out that give his view on every hand he plays in a tournament. Daniel won back to back Player of the Year awards and is noted for his low ball poker along with some great reading ability that goes way beyond my weak attempts to play 57 of clubs like he can.
Although I use the term, I am not partial to it either…
But, it is better than idiot, moron or !(*&*% &^##+%@ or
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In my day they were simply live-ones or fish…wonder what they will be called 10 years from now? A Glenda no doubt!!
It might have once had meaning as did any number of ‘with it’ terms. If you clicked on the better player bit, you would have gotten Greenstein using the term over and over. I think that proves my case, actually.
Berry is as with it as those getting off the seniors bus from Sun City for a bit of gambling or to pig out on the $.50 shrimp cocktails. When valley speak makes it there, it was long abandoned as archaic slang.
So’s your old man… (1920?)