[Ghazban]

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On hand 1: I like your thought process and would do the same thing, that is, isolate the short stack against my A-K. I really don't like pushing though. You're only going to get called by someone with a big hand, and I don't want to risk all of my money with A-K. But most importantly, I think reraising to something like $130-150 would have the same effect. No one's calling that kind of raise unless they have a real big hand, and if anyone comes over the top of that and pushes in, well you're probably beat. But I think that has the effect of isolating without having to put all your money in preflop with A-K.

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What's wrong with getting the money in preflop with AK? If I make it $150 to go and get a caller, I have a PSB left in my stack on the flop and will be out of position. If I continuation bet, I have to call a raise all-in whether I hit or miss. 3betting preflop and check/folding a ragged flop would suck, too. At least if I put it in preflop, I get to see all 5 cards.