Is this best EV play? Raise 50% of opponents/my stack and push any flop

[pat3392]

$1.00+$0.10 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) MTT top 10% get paid 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: daddyq54 (2975 in chips)
Seat 2: beldadinsitu (913 in chips)
Seat 4: drikinha32 (1215 in chips)
Seat 5: PokeRWinnerZ (1185 in chips)
Seat 6: *joy*151 (1250 in chips)
Seat 7: blitt301 (1410 in chips)
Seat 8: Maxwell Hall (2290 in chips)
Seat 9: daytonablues (2262 in chips)
blitt301: posts small blind 25
Maxwell Hall: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Maxwell Hall [As Qs]
*joy*151 said, "Wow!!"
daytonablues: calls 50
daddyq54: folds
beldadinsitu: folds
drikinha32: raises 50 to 100
PokeRWinnerZ has timed out
PokeRWinnerZ: folds
PokeRWinnerZ is sitting out
PokeRWinnerZ has returned
*joy*151: folds
blitt301: calls 75
Maxwell Hall: raises 500 to 600
daytonablues: calls 550
drikinha32: raises 615 to 1215 and is all-in
blitt301: folds
Maxwell Hall: calls 615
daytonablues: folds


I've been making this sort of play a fair bit recently and I'm not sure if it's + EV or not. I raised it too much in this scenario though;basically, if I have a good hand and want action for what ever reason I will bet about 50% of my/opponents stack, and I'll push any flop. The reasoning is is there's a lot of players who would simply call and not consider there stack size; after the flop they may realise they are committed and call of the rest with their worst hand, or think they are bet and fold on the flop, which is a huge success if they ever do that. Opinions? This play is not typically made when fairly short stacked, like 8BB and under, more of a 13-20BB move; I usually use it if a raise of 3BB+1 and a continuation bet of 2/3 pot would cripple my stack

[drmcboy]

the problem is if you get action behind you you're usually in terrible shape. If you make it 300 you can still fold if someone else ships over and it doesn't change how the hand will play out vs the original raiser.

[pat3392]

Yeah, and I did that time, but they had very weak hands, like K/A weak kicker and AJ; I just got lucky that no one woke up with something decent. Hmm, I'll consider my position when I do that next time