Small buy-in specialists needed

[Snarf]

So...my online fund is broke and now I am exclusively playing the $5s on Stars.

I have a basic philosophy question here:

I play a lot of hands different early in tourneys than I think is 'proper play.' My logic is the 'donkey factor.'

Basically...I figure an approximate % in my head that unknown player holds a donkey holding vs. the holding he is REALLY representing with all the betting action going on.

Sometimes I look like a genius with awesome reading capabilities...Sometimes I look like the donkey...

I know this raises my variance some...but as a general philosophy - what do you guys think of this?

Some classic examples would be going to bat with mediocre over-pairs unimproved after a couple raises or going to bat with TPTK or the low end of a four card straight...etc...

I, of course, am very capable of laying good, made hands down...so that is not the issue here. I just see so much donking it up that I am trying to adjust for the times that donks make donk plays/bets.

How much do you guys adjust? Have I gone too far?