($55) Level 3 with AK facing a minraise - too early to push?
 

NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Level:3 Blinds(25/50)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: ALLABOUTME2 ( $725 )
Seat 2: Adairsville ( $580 )
Seat 3: IWORK123 ( $1460 )
Seat 4: POKEHER_DAVE ( $600 )
Seat 5: toocold9 ( $1130 )
Seat 6: crapsjack7 ( $555 )
Seat 8: drewf ( $2415 )
Seat 9: Hero ( $890 )
Seat 10: deRIVERy ( $1645 )
Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ah Kc ]
crapsjack7 folds.
drewf raises [100].
Adairsville: 9's again?
Hero is all-In [890]

Re: ($55) Level 3 with AK facing a minraise - too early to push?
 

I'd just call.

I might push if I were in one of the blinds.

Re: ($55) Level 3 with AK facing a minraise - too early to push?
 

I push.

It is very annoying to have a big-stacked min-raiser sitting to your immediate right.

I'm pushing and putting a stop to this crap right here.

Re: ($55) Level 3 with AK facing a minraise - too early to push?
 

I pushed with TT in a similar spot here. Got called further down the table by 66, and by the original raiser with AK. Apparently JJ folded. Good for him, as I hit quads. I looked at the board, briefly, saw that AK had hit a flush, and thought 'oh well, time to fire up another'. Then the chips were sliding towards me, and then I laughed.

Re: ($55) Level 3 with AK facing a minraise - too early to push?
 

I'm not quite sure about that push. It doesn't look like the typical bet a big stack would make trying to steal the blinds. Min raises are always difficult to comprehend and this one is no different. I would call this bet and see a flop. If you miss the flop, you still have enough chips left to build your stack when the blinds increase