Is this donk stuff, or am I a supergenius?

[dalecooper]

25 NL. No great reads on anybody except SB is a TAgg and everybody else seems like the typical loose/passive feesh you find playing 25 NL 6-max. I am in the big blind, and we all have full stacks.

I am dealt . Everybody limps in and I check for a 6-way pot. Pot is 1.50 minus rake, whatever that amounts to.

The flop is :Js:. SB checks. I check, hoping they'll get a typical 6-way pot going with someone min-betting and everyone calling. UTG bets .75, which sounds alright to me. True to form, everyone calls around, pushing the pot up to 4.50. I have my finger poised to make the call as well, when SB surprisingly check-raises to 2.75.

Hmmmm, I think. I hate getting between a bettor and a check-raiser, especially when the check-raise is a decent amount; and I really hate calling two bets with a draw. Ordinarily both of these seem clearly -EV. But I am still getting decent calling odds because of all the other calls before, and I suspect a few things may happen from this point on: 1. If I call, most of the others will call (and not raise). They're all passive and bad. 2. If I hit on the turn, I'll have the nuts, and I'll have at least the SB on the hook with a hand he probably won't be able to fold. 3. It's possible one or more of these other nimrods will pay me off as well. ...So seeing implied odds dollar signs, I call. And true to form, two of the other four idiots calls behind me.

Turn is a beautiful , completing the rainbow and giving me the nuts. SB leads for $6.50. The pot is now about $14, and with his bet $20. So I just push for the rest. One idiot calls, and SB calls as well. Handsome payoff against the SB's set of sixes and the other guy's whatever that he mucked, although of course I had my heart in my chest hoping the board wouldn't pair.

So tell me: is this donk stuff, or am I a supergenius?

[dsaxton]

Neither. Seems totally standard.

[NLHE lahooozaher]

He is indicating that he really likes his hand, which is giving you implied odds to hit your straight. Your straight will be somewhat concealed and you will get paid off with it, mostly because you have position. As dsaxton said, "standard".

[dalecooper]

Neither. Seems totally standard.

Sounds good to me. I'm not used to hanging around in pots with just a draw when there's this much action (especially with a check-raise involved) but here it seemed warranted.

[Greedo017]

its rarely not-ok to call here. the original bettor can have a wide range and is unlikely to reraise again and your implied odds on the first reraiser are great, any other callers are just gravy.