I properly donked this didn't I?

[CoccoBill]

No reads on anyone, could I have played this any worse?

NL Texas Hold'em $11 USD Buy-in Level: 1 Blinds(20/40)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 5: janta1 ( 1,960 )
Seat 6: Aggus66 ( 1,980 )
Seat 8: Hero ( 1,960 )
Seat 4: chiel30 ( 2,000 )
Seat 10: DaStevo ( 2,000 )
Seat 7: princess0606 ( 2,460 )
Seat 2: nemesios ( 1,720 )
Seat 1: Acestardam ( 2,000 )
Seat 3: nehansen ( 2,000 )
Seat 9: Rascal1122 ( 1,920 )
Blinds(20/40)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Kd Tc ]
DaStevo calls [40]
Acestardam calls [40]
nemesios calls [40]
nehansen folds
chiel30 folds
janta1 folds
Aggus66 folds
princess0606 folds
Hero calls [20]
Rascal1122 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, 8c, 4c ]
Hero bets [80]
Rascal1122 folds
DaStevo raises [240]
Acestardam folds
nemesios folds
Hero calls [160]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
Hero checks
DaStevo bets [320]
Hero is all-In [1,680]

[taipan168]

Sorry to say it but yes you did donk it! You played it fine up until you called the raise on the flop. With top pair and a reasonable flush draw I'd just shove it right there.

[taipan168]

Here's an example of how to play a pair + flush draw - and it's not even nearly as strong as yours!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG+1 (t1260)
MP1 (t1550)
MP2 (t1770)
CO (t1765)
Button (t2285)
SB (t1645)
Hero (t1795)
UTG (t1430)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5, 2.
3 folds, MP2 calls t100, CO calls t100, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t400) 2, 3, J (4 players)
SB bets t200, Hero raises to t1695

[CoccoBill]

How do u decide whether to push in situations like this? In your example, would u push a pair + oesd? What about an unpaired flush draw with overcards?

Sorry for noob questions, I've been having some rough times the past couple of days and am starting to question my overall play.

[taipan168]

How do u decide whether to push in situations like this? In your example, would u push a pair + oesd? What about an unpaired flush draw with overcards?

Hard to give a general answer, it is very situation dependent - with the preflop action, position, stack sizes, blind sizes, number of players left and reads all important.