Really hate this hand... AKo in SB faces aggression

[JrJordan]

Didn't play it smart at all, but the truth is I'm not sure how to play it with the shallow stacks on Party. Do I just call the reraise and fold when no A or K hits? Do I push on top of his reraise. All advice appreciated.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (9 handed)

BB ($210.65)
UTG ($96)
Hero ($100)
MP1 ($149.60)
MP2 ($175.05)
MP3 ($455.30)
CO ($179.40)
Button ($98.75)
SB ($24.40)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $8</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP1 raises to $20</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $40</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP1 raises to $149.6 (All-In)</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $192.60

[ctide]

Depends who MP1 is. Look at your poker tracker stats on this person. No matter what, never minraise. You either call, fold, or shove. With that said, I wouldn't ever shove here.

Everything about this action screams QQ-AA, and if MP1 is bad enough, JJ. You shoving produces one of 3 scenarios:

Once in a while, they actually call with JJ/QQ. Now you're in a coinflip situation with your whole stack.

If they're a complete buffoon, they were raising with nothing, and fold, and you win $23.

90% of the time, they happily call and double up with their KK or AA.

[JrJordan]

So would you cold call the reraise or just fold? It sucks to have bad position, but it is AK... I think the best road would be to cold call and make a move if an A or K hits, then fold to big resistance again.

[ctide]

This is the player dependant part. If you don't have any poker tracker stats on the player, then how often do you see this guy raising? If he's raising / betting preflop with a wide range of hands, then I'll call. There aren't a lot of players who I'd call against, but they definitely exist. Especially on the weekends.