i was playing in a$1 tourny on ps last night and was told what a donkey i am and i coldnt play poker to save my life.
THE HAND
early in the tourny (about 20 mins) i am dealt 
in mid position and was going to fold but on the table we had 1 guy with 3 gold stars pinned to his chest who was raising any Ax he got and 2 seats after him a seriel pre flop raiser.my stack was up to 2100 thanks to a set of kings so i called the pre flop raisers 150 and so did mr gold star......flop comes
nice flop me thinks mr preflop bets 150 i call and so does mr gold star,,,turn comes
nice turn maybe flush draw and open ended straight draw,,,,,river comes 
and i make my straight.
mr pre flop bets 300 so i raise to 500gold star folds and so does pre flop.
i show my cards not to show off but because i wanted them to see them and they were not happy to be beaten by 45d.
you didnt have to be a pro to see what was happening on the table and i just got a bit sick of folding and took a cheap chance that paid off.
the end you think ,,,nope,,
as the game goes on i see these people callers turning cards like j7,q2,96 and playing 22 like it was kk.
anyway they went out before me and i made it to the money before i went out with kings over 9s to quad kings.
playing a winning with the 45 sort of made them think when i did bet any hand .
donkey play or not.
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i prefer bettin on horses rather than donkeys
If my math is off, I apologize. But it seems like a good play to me. You used your reads to make a play and it paid off. People can bray about you being a donk all they want. You played your opponents and that's what poker's all about. IMO