Re: AK squeeze play--good,bad, awful?
First off, I don't like the limp UTG. I've never been one to LRR and I certainly wouldn't do it with AK.
As for the push: I wouldn't say it's great, but I wouldn't say it's as bad as everyone before me is saying. CO has a shortstack so that's kind of good new/bad news. He's more likely to call, and if he calls one of the others behind him might now call as well. Plus, if you do get called by a pp, with all the preflop action, you'd have to assume that at least one of your aces or kings is in someone else's hand.
It's good that you would consider preflop pushes as a squeeze play, but this might now be the best time for one.
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