Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

We are down to 19 players out of 100. I am UTG with about 8,500 chips, blinds are 400/800 with a 150 ante. I have AKo, the guy to my left is the chip leader with a massive chip stack. My move was to go all in, he folded and I was called by another player who had 10s and got the hand. After the hand, I had an argument with a couple good players who thought that by moving all in I risked being called by the chip leader to my left if he had a hand. My deffense was that if I had made the standard raise (2000-3000) I risk getting called by him with not so good hand and if I miss the flop then playing AKo out of position is not what I wanted to do. What's your input?

Re: Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

So what? are you supposed to limp because theres a guy with more chips? Your friends are tools, good push.

Re: Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

the word douchebag comes to mind.

Re: Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

This is a push with your stack your friends are dumb.

Re: Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

Is it correct to make a standard raise of 3000 when your stack size is 8500??? If you miss then you have to make a bet on the flop for all your chips??? I think you have to stop and go / push no matter what hand you play. NO?

Re: Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

this is a super easy push.

Re: Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

Even if you raise to 2K and the 10s pushes over the top, you're still calling anyway, so just open push.

I like it.

Re: Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

Why is this thread still going on ONE OF THE EASIEST PUSHES EVER!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

You would think so, right? amazingly, there were so many players that thought this was an overbet, I'm talking about players who played in the WSOP and made it far, TV people.

Re: Playing AKo against a massive stack
 

Just because they made it far in ONE tournament does not make them good. Remember one of the episodes in this year's wsop small tourneys where that asian guy won. He kept calling with AJo or crap and kept getting lucky. He won that tourney does that make him good??? No he was just a luckbox that day.