[whittiphil]

Actually, maybe this is a bad beat post in disguise. He called with AK and my AQ was no good.

Basically what I'm asking is if you are in first position with TPGK, can you do anything to avoid your whole stack going away? Or do you basically put your whole stack on the line when he is cold calling due to the fact he could have a lower ace, or a flush draw in my example.

I don't think posting my results prejudices answers here, because it's a more basic situation of not losing your stack when you are in EP with TPGK facing plain old calls.