22$ early AK push

[mousey]

Think this was a bad push?


Seat 2: Otothetoe ($1,420 in chips)
Seat 3: opiet ($840 in chips)
Seat 4: stumandu ($1,320 in chips)
Seat 5: TheAxis1 ($1,590 in chips)
Seat 6: casketmaker ($1,470 in chips)
Seat 7: pin9 ($1,210 in chips)
Seat 8: KY_Fan4Life ($2,990 in chips)
Seat 9: usmfan ($1,740 in chips)
Seat 10: McTampon ($2,420 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
stumandu posts blind ($15), TheAxis1 posts blind ($30).

PRE-FLOP
casketmaker bets $200, pin9 folds, KY_Fan4Life folds, usmfan folds, McTampon bets $2,420 and is all-in, Otothetoe folds, opiet folds, stumandu folds, TheAxis1 folds, casketmaker calls $1,270 and is all-in.

FLOP [board cards 3C,10S,9S ]


TURN [board cards 3C,10S,9S,QD ]


RIVER [board cards 3C,10S,9S,QD,2S ]


SHOWDOWN
McTampon shows [ AD,KS ]
casketmaker shows [ JC,10D ]
McTampon wins $950, casketmaker wins $2,985.

[biggle10]

Big raise from casketmaker looks a little odd. Its either something huge like big pocket pair, or something that's kind of afraid like AQ, AJ, KQ, etc. I'm going to lean towards something like QQ-99 since you have an A and K in your hand already. I'm less than thrilled if called. However, you do have some fold equity versus 99 and TT and there is 250 chips out there. I'm undecided.

Reads help....

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If you know he'll call with JT, its the easiest push ever.

[caffiend]

Well, obviously it was a good idea, but I don't think I'd have done it myself. It's early and you've got a nice stack, I think I'd play it like a wuss and call then go broke if I flop a pair. This moron aside, I don't think you can get called by a worse hand if you do push. In theory the huge initial raise should be enough to cut off anyone behind you with junk, so all raising does is give him a chance to splash around again.

[biggle10]

This moron aside, I don't think you can get called by a worse hand if you do push.

Say what? Have you played online? I see people calling all-ins with QJo and less. Saw someone call an all-in with 89s the other day.

[mousey]

I had KK called 3 times today by AQ A6 and AT. A JJ called by JQ. And an AK called by T8s

I posted a few in this thread.
http://www.tightpoker.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1147

[scottie_g]

The problem I see is not with the initial raiser, but the stacks behind you. I don't like risking your whole stack there on AK in that spot. If there isn't anyone behind you or maybe 1 person, it's OK. If I'm in late position instead of where you are, I definitely come over the top here as you did. In MP, I may just grit my teeth and fold. There is still plenty of time in the tourney, and you have a lot of chips to work with.