Originally Posted by Raoni_Poker

If we beat most pocket pairs and lower queens, we should bet an amount that would be called by these hands. Therefore, a gay bet of 1/2 or a bit lower is just fine if you know what to do when he raises (fold, obviously). If you're not prepared to fold to a raise, just check behind and make a note.

His low bets on the flop and the turn are blocking bets. I can see he checking to you on the river a hand like TJ that just made a straight or trying to play lower PPs cheaply. However, those low bets have different meanings depending on the players. Once a donkey was min betting a lot on the flop, so I raised him in the first opportunity and he came over the top. On the flip side of that, when you just call, you're screaming weakness and they can exploit that on subsequent streets.

Originally Posted by rpm

#1 - he only has 1/2 a potsized bet left, bet/folding this river is not an option imo

#2 - i don't really agree. i doubt this guy knows what a blocking bet is. if he's read enough strategy to have heard the term "blocking bet", i doubt he'd play 77% of hands.

#3 - i agree. donking ranges vary greatly between different fish. putting a 77/5 on a range without significant reads is actually quite hard because he has such a wide range pre, and we have no decent reads to use to dissect that range postflop based on his actions (ie notes regarding donk ranges, lines we've seen him take etc).

by the way, the logic in #2 is a bit presumptuous if we believe #3 right?

just some points that came to mind reading your post, no hate intended.