[mtdoak]

What is the other big stack doing? Is he open raising alot of hands or waiting for monsters? Is he a good player or a gambler, or a tight/weak? Is he going to check it down with you to eliminate the player after the flop or try to get it heads up? If you push, he's only going to call with AA or KK. I like smoothcalling here. You are giving the UTG a good price to call you with hands you dominate, like AQ, AJ, KQ, and giving yourself a chance to get away if he pushes. AK is too good of a hand to throw away here, even at the late stages of the tourney.