AK being reraised 1 hand before first break

[boost]

PokerStars Game #1616349197: Tournament #7276123, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/05/01 - 00:28:06 (ET)
Table '7276123 54' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: joe99 (1295 in chips)
Seat 2: mateo$55 (2890 in chips)
Seat 3: da_nuts24 (1040 in chips)
Seat 4: BYCHINGA (2478 in chips)
Seat 5: boostNslide (3900 in chips)
Seat 6: Deadbrok (3235 in chips)
Seat 7: BBRR (2998 in chips)
Seat 8: Centroid (9290 in chips)
Seat 9: spray.13 (3259 in chips)
Deadbrok: posts small blind 50
BBRR: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to boostNslide [As Kh]
Centroid: folds
spray.13: folds
joe99: folds
mateo$55: calls 100
da_nuts24: folds
BYCHINGA: folds
boostNslide: raises 300 to 400
Deadbrok: raises 1000 to 1400
BBRR: folds
mateo$55: folds
boostNslide: raises 2500 to 3900 and is all-in
Deadbrok: calls 1835 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Jd 3s 9s]
*** TURN *** [Jd 3s 9s] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 3s 9s Js] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Deadbrok: shows [Qc Qs] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
boostNslide: shows [As Kh] (a pair of Jacks)
Deadbrok collected 6670 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6670 | Rake 0
Board [Jd 3s 9s Js Td]
Seat 1: joe99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mateo$55 folded before Flop
Seat 3: da_nuts24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: BYCHINGA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: boostNslide (button) showed [As Kh] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 6: Deadbrok (small blind) showed [Qc Qs] and won (6670) with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 7: BBRR (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Centroid folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: spray.13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[vqc]

thats a solid solid reriase by deadbrok, AA, KK, QQ easily. JJ, TT probably not. AK, maybe, AQ, probably not.

bad play boost. I mean I know I gave u crappy advice that one night, but easy fold, you have chips. Lots of em.

I mean unless you read him and saw him reraise big with medium pocket pairs, what else do you put him on?

[gabe]

i would call the reraise and see the flop before pushing. the huge reraise doesnt mean AQ.

[boost]

yah.. true.. I just felt like I got some chips in the pot already, and I have a decent hand. That was a strong reraise, and I recognized that, but I just felt it was too early to put him on a hand that dominated me (AA KK) so I went for it.

[pantherhound]

Last time you were unlucky with AK, this time you could have got out of there. If I have any doubts with this hand, i'm 'outta dodge' since essentially it's still a drawing hand.

[boost]

yes but.. "last time AK fucked me so Im folding" is not the way to play poker.

[pantherhound]

i know, i was just contrasting the two situations.

[Sed]

Boost, pushing seems silly to me without a read that he is stealing a lot.... early in the tourney AK is not a hand I put my life or 2/3 of my chips on against obvious aggression; you will not get him to fold; it is 99% a coinflip at best

- sed

[boost]

ok, Im definately going to put more thought into AK now, I think Ive trusted it a bit too much.

[aleksandr]

Boost - remember this: AK is not a made hand. It is a great hand because it stomps the crap out of AQ AJ AT KQ KJ KT and will make you lots of money here. You don't want to be fighting pocket pairs with A high in general in tournaments unless you hit the flop; not even 22.

[boost]

thanks for the help guys.