3Bet Donking: TOUGH River Play

In my YouTube video “Start Using this Exploit in 3-Bet Pots”, I described why donking on the turn is so profitable as the preflop caller.

River strategy is just as important. If you don’t know how to play rivers in this tricky line, it doesn’t matter how well you play on the turn.

In the video below, I make river play simple, demonstrated by 3 key follow-up examples.

Table of Contents

Decrypting Tough River Play (7:45)

0:00 Intro
0:14 What MDA Reveals
0:34 Extra MDA Findings
1:09 Basic Theory Overview
1:43 Key Example 1: Low Turn (+ Bonus Strategy)
3:34 Key Example 2: High Connected Turn
5:28 Key Example 3: High Paired Turn