I am actually a big fan of donkbetting (especially in HU), because that seems to confuse a lot of regulars (and make them do stuff like raise the donkbet and bet turn with no equity). Also because that's extremely annoying (I hate when someone donkbets to me!), and I believe that annoying my opponents is +EV in the long run.
I usually donkbet either for value (hoping to induce a raise so I can calldown) or with a draw, hoping to get to 3bet (people raise donkbets very much with air) with massive FE.
With gutshots and such, check/raising (most of the time check/folding, ofc) is better.
I make notes of stuff like this, if I have several times donk-3bet or donk-called with strong hands against someone and I believe he's the kind of guy who could actually notice that, I might start donkbet bluffing. I wouldn't do it as my first donkbet(s) though, without some history or reads.
There's a few exception to my "donkbetting guidelines" tho... For example, I once took a donkbet+3betshove line with 60bb effective stacks and JQ into AATr board against an aggro villain. But I'm doing that purely for FE and the those stack sizes are good for it. I still have enough to make Tx fold, but not enough to make that a huge spew.
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Players at this limit like to do that min raise just as their standard raise, not necessarily because of their hand strength.
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This might be somewhat unrelated, but some people also prefer minraises or 2.5bb raises always from the button. Especially at higher stakes.