AQs final four in tourney

[TheGremlin]

hi ,

we are final four in PP 10NL, I am second in chips about 2100 and leader has 3400.

I get AQ s , I bet 450 pre flop, chip leader goes all in.

what should I do ? I put him on a small pockets

[DonkeyKong]

I don't really see how you can get away from this hand unless you have some specific read here. You didn't state what the blinds were but if you put 450 in and the blinds are 150/300, there is a lot of money in the pot rel to your stack -- certainly enough if you put him on a small pocket pair. You have 45% pot equity here vs small pair.

You are 75% vs AJ/AT/A9/KQ... and if you do run into KK/QQ, you are still getting a $1350 overlay and will win 30% of those. Even that is not so terrible.

Laying down here is only correct if you can put your opponent on a very tight range of premium hands. AQ-s is in the top 5% of all pre-flop hands. I think you have to call.