Analysis of a Satellite Hand

[pocketjacks]

60 player Super Satellite for seat to W.S.O.P. Top 5 get cash. Each player started with 2K in chips. It is about the 8th hand of the tourney and I am on the button. One guy has only 800 left and another guy has 3200. Other than that everyone is equal. Blinds are 25 - 50 and UTG + 1 (2000 in chips) is the only caller to me on the button with A,K os. I raise it to 550. The small blind (2000 in chips) thinks forever and calls. BB folds and UTG + 1 also calls. (1700 in the pot) Flop comes Q, 2, 3, rainbow. SB checks, UTG + 1 bets 300. Before I tell you what happened I would like to know what most of you would do?

Thanks

[Sam T.]

First, I don't like the overbet pre-flop. Raise to 200 or 250, and it gives you more flexibility post flop.

UTG+2 bets 300 into a 1600 pot? Either really good news, or really bad. Here is where your initial bet gets you in trouble. If the pot were 700, and he made an underbet like this, you could raise him a decent amount, without committing your entire stack. Now you're in real trouble.

Folding to a bet like this is terrible, but so is pushing with ace-high, and I think those are your only choices.

Got me, man...