Cold Decked or Donkey Play

[WildBobAA]

Should I have played this differently?

PokerStars Game #2610492524: Tournament #12749336, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/09/19 - 01:13:36 (ET)
Table '12749336 1' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Slyasafox1 (1830 in chips)
Seat 2: WildBob182 (1440 in chips)
Seat 3: xixel (1420 in chips)
Seat 4: Brac13 (840 in chips)
Seat 5: PoopshooT958 (860 in chips)
Seat 6: NIWODOT_704_ (1360 in chips)
Seat 7: BruceHoffman (1320 in chips)
Seat 8: cba_hater (1660 in chips)
Seat 9: markitup41 (2770 in chips)
PoopshooT958: posts small blind 10
NIWODOT_704_: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WildBob182 [4s 4c]
BruceHoffman: calls 20
cba_hater: folds
markitup41: calls 20
Slyasafox1: folds
WildBob182: calls 20
xixel: calls 20
Brac13: folds
PoopshooT958: calls 10
NIWODOT_704_: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c 5s 4h]
PoopshooT958: checks
NIWODOT_704_: bets 40
BruceHoffman: raises 100 to 140
markitup41: calls 140
WildBob182: raises 1280 to 1420 and is all-in
xixel: folds
PoopshooT958: folds
NIWODOT_704_: folds
BruceHoffman: folds
markitup41: calls 1280
*** TURN *** [2c 5s 4h] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [2c 5s 4h Td] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
markitup41: shows [Ah 3h] (a straight, Ace to Five)
WildBob182: shows [4s 4c] (three of a kind, Fours)
markitup41 collected 3140 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3140 | Rake 0
Board [2c 5s 4h Td 7c]
Seat 1: Slyasafox1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: WildBob182 showed [4s 4c] and lost with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 3: xixel folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Brac13 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: PoopshooT958 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: NIWODOT_704_ (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: BruceHoffman folded on the Flop
Seat 8: cba_hater folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: markitup41 showed [Ah 3h] and won (3140) with a straight, Ace to Five

[a500lbgorilla]

Obviously you push every set early on.

-'rilla

[drmcboy]

No chance I get away from that.

[JeffreyGB]

It's not a bad play. The only problem I have with it is that the only time you're getting called is when you're beat, and I think you can achieve the same thing with a smaller bet. Say you raise it to 500. You can fairly reliably put an opp on the str there if they call or reraise. At that point, I'm in check/fold mode unless I hit the boat.

It's possible that they will decide to slowplay to let you put more money in on the turn, at which point you should obviously take the free card unless you hit.

[drmcboy]

You don't think an over pair calls there?

[JeffreyGB]

You don't think an over pair calls there?

Yes, an overpair probably calls the 500. I don't think a thinking player calls a push on that board with just an overpair. I guess it depends a tad on the stakes this was played at.

Further, half of the overpairs can be pretty much ruled out from the preflop action. I think a caller is much more likely to have A3 (or in the case of the blinds even 63) than an overpair. I rule out AA-JJ completely. TT is low on my list as well. 99-66 is possible, but I'd rather limit my losses here, as it is still early.

[gabe]

fish will call with things like A5 A4 and sometimes A2

[drmcboy]

I guess that's what I like about the push, I think it's pretty tough to lay down something like 99/TT with an over bet like that. Smells like pair + draw or draw + over to me.

Two pair also calls here, obviously 22. And you rule out bigger pairs, but people do slow play, especially UTG with AA/KK.

[TLR]

I think the push is too agressive here, you want to extract the most amount of chips, while elminating the sraws, a 500 raise is good