Am I a donkey?

[FUpaymee]

My general rule of thumb with QQ is that if I get re-raised preflop, I will simply call (unless it's a push, then I gotta think about that one a bit more). It depends on what reads I have on villain.

But with absolutely zero reads on villain and with EP, I usually just call the re-raise and hope for a good flop. If an A or K comes down, I check and I'm pretty quick to fold to a big bet. If it's lower cards, I will make a large bet and see what happens from there.

By simply calling the re-raise preflop, it gives me an opportunity to gain a little more information about villain's hand when the flop comes down, and I might avoid busting out to AA or KK or even AK. And like someone else already said, you're NOT going to force most players off AK by pushing pre-flop. Which is another reason it's a good idea to see the flop before making any major moves.

But no one can call you a donk for getting busted with QQ against AA late in the tourney like that.