AK facing a raise, call or AI, $6.50

[Nakamura]

I have AK in a MP and I'm wondering what is the best play in this situation?

I can A: Fold, B: Call (125), C: Push(1410).
I don't like the reraise here, as I think this is going to pot commit me anyway.

I don't want to push because
1) I am risking my whole tournament if I am called by the original raiser
2) There are still 3 players to act to my left
3) The original raiser (donkish) is in an EP, usually a sign of strength.

Is my call/fold a bad thing? Obviously I am getting AI if a K or A flops out.

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Poker Star Game 18702419730 / Ring Game
Table Donnée non disponible -
Blinds : 25/50
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6 players
[SB] 78KTB78 (1325)
[BB] Sadol001 (3440)
[1] markboylegui (4035)
[2] RoyalFlash77 (1470)
[3] Hero (1410)
[b]tunna (1820)

Hero K A Initial Pot: 75

markboylegui raises to 125
RoyalFlash77 folds
Hero calls 125
tunna folds
78KTB78 folds
Sadol001 folds
### FLOP ### 7 7 J Pot: 325
markboylegui bets 200
Herofolds
markboylegui hide cards
markboylegui wins 525 from the main pot

[taipan168]

Whenever the chips in the pot are >15% of my remaining stack and I have a big but not total monster hand, I tend to just shove all-in. In this case there are 200 chips in the pot and your stack is 1410 which is close enough to 15% that I would just shove it.

Re your questions:

1) I am risking my whole tournament if I am called by the original raiser

This is not a good reason not to shove, if you had AA and got called you are risking your whole tournament as well

2) There are still 3 players to act to my left

If they have any idea what they are doing, they are only calling with QQ+ in this spot, which is like 1.5% of hands so I'm not that worried about it

3) The original raiser (donkish) is in an EP, usually a sign of strength.

If the raiser is donkish then he probably has no idea that he should be raising tight from EP, and those two face cards just look too purdy to lay down...

[Nakamura]

AK obviously isn't a made hand yet. Is it worth risking the tournament for 200 chips? Obviously we need to factor in the times we are called by a hand which we dominate. However sometimes we are also going to be called with hands like mid-pockets too. I'm a lot more comfortable pushing in my chips with AK (in this situation) when I have 2000 chips vs 1000 chips for e.g., since I know whatever happens I'm still in the game.

That said I can see this being a +EV decision if we can make our opponent fold enough times pre-flop.

[mukaka]

yeah it is good since you can make him fold.. it would be another question if you were the caller though.. (you can see the hand I posted about that)..

also if he calls with a PP you can see 5 cards to make your hand instead of 3 so your chances increase..