[jek187]

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This player had been miniraising throughout once the table shrank to 4 and 5 players and whenever he was first to enter the pot. Three of those hands went to showdown---he always called an all-in whenever someone pushed against him---and those three times he showed: A9, AQ, and AK. So I suspect here he had some kind of hand.

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I think he was actually lukcy to showdown those aces. He "couldn't" have had an ace every time he raised, since by your description he was raising regardless of his cards. If we know that he calls 100% of the time when pushed on, I think pushing is mandatory here. However, we likely haven't seen enough of him to know what he does if reraised when he has some piece of cheese.

I lean towards pushing, but can see the logic of calling and playing a flop. Is the $10 swing of increasing our chances at 2nd worth the chip EV we lose out on by passing on this hand? I don't see it, but am open to persuassion.