AKo pf push lvl3

[shejk]

This is a 109. Would it be better to just make a smallish raise?

***** Hand History for Game 1994421057 *****
NL Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $9 Entry Fee Trny:11885857 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Tuesday, May 03, 19:31:33 EDT 2005
Table Table 11246 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: eric1961 ( $1569 )
Seat 2: CashBuilder ( $1135 )
Seat 3: ChunkTheMonk ( $2105 )
Seat 4: alex987 ( $1365 )
Seat 6: Hero ( $855 )
Seat 7: balmighty30 ( $675 )
Seat 8: Rlxtn_Thrpst ( $986 )
Seat 9: corpuscowboy ( $730 )
Seat 10: badmotrfingr ( $580 )
Trny:11885857 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Kd Ah ]
eric1961 calls [50].
CashBuilder folds.
ChunkTheMonk folds.
alex987 folds.
Hero is all-In [855]
....

[pergesu]

Yeah, raise it to 200 or so. Your stack is big enough relative to the blinds that you should be making a standard raise, rather than just pushing.

[shejk]

If I get called from utg only, there will be 475 in the pot, and I will have 650ish left... The way I see it, I'm committing myself if I want to do a continuation bet, and I'd hate to play AK without being able to do that.

Perhaps I could have made it 150?

[mcpherzen]

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Yeah, raise it to 200 or so. Your stack is big enough relative to the blinds that you should be making a standard raise, rather than just pushing.

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I agree. If there had been 3+ limpers already, then I love the push (aren't we calling this a "VanSexton" in honor of a PVS post not so long ago explaining how he get chips in level 3?). With only one limper, you should probably be raising about the size of the pot to get some action with your premium holding. 2 limpers is a gray-area (push or raise to about $250-$300).

Further, if the UTG limper proceeds to push over the top of you when the action is back on him, I'd most likely fold (unhappily, but what can you do?), because my experience is that means AA or KK a lot of the time at the 109's.

--Zen