AK move of honor early in rebuy tourneys

[schwza]

i like an open-push with AK early on in a rebuy tournament. you often will get called by a dominated hand, which is a huge score for you. e.g., if you get all-in for one buy-in at stars (T1500) in a 75/25 situation, you win (on average) T750. in order for you to get someone's whole stack playing AK normally, you need to have them have a dominated hand *and* have one of the two remaining shared cards hit.

but i don't like to do it with big pairs because it's a lot easier to get the money in post-flop and still be ahead.

thoughts?

[housenuts]

early in rebuy tourneys i will push down to AJ. people will call with total junk. i see KJ call, 66 call, and 87s call all the time.