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  1. early in the tourney guy is a donk. fold raise our smooth call and see what is done on turn. I dont know what the guy is gonna lead into me here it cant be a monster. Maybe qq but then im thinking a guy like this it goes in preflop. Is this a spot where a min raise

    pokerstars Game #19516771853: Tournament #99180385, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (150/300) - 2008/08/10 - 17:22:23 (ET)
    Table '99180385 203' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
    Seat 1: Walberi (9250 in chips)
    Seat 2: urasausage (15873 in chips)
    Seat 3: kamodadragon (52930 in chips)
    Seat 4: Polis77 (8275 in chips)
    Seat 5: pbtoau (4826 in chips)
    Seat 6: FELPURE124 (10350 in chips)
    Seat 7: ivoneska (6700 in chips)
    Seat 8: Spudnutz99 (7000 in chips)
    Seat 9: dehoo (14775 in chips)
    kamodadragon: posts small blind 150
    Polis77: posts big blind 300
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to urasausage [Ad Ks]
    pbtoau: folds
    FELPURE124: folds
    ivoneska: folds
    Spudnutz99: folds
    dehoo: raises 600 to 900
    Walberi: folds
    urasausage: raises 2100 to 3000
    kamodadragon: folds
    Polis77: folds
    dehoo: calls 2100
    *** FLOP *** [3c Jd 3d]
    dehoo: bets 3000
     
  2. Even donks get a hand sometimes.

    Don't like your reraise pre btw.
  3. He's got almost half his stack out there, I doubt he's folding. I'd raise a little less pre, and fold the flop, you have ace high.
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  4. My thinking is along the same lines as the above posters. Obviously a reraise w/AK is understandable. But if you have this guy labeled as a donkey you should utilize pot control and try to outplay him in smaller pots instead of just creating a big pot in this situation where you get put in the exact situation you ended up in.

    In regards to your situation, I see alot of times where your fold equity is poor if the guy is a poor player. Fold, move on to the next hand, outplay him later.