Re: should A/Ks be raised pre-flop ?
i can see not raising with AKs and playing it as a drawing hand in this situation, although playing it from the BB is not ideal if you do flop a draw. but like tewall said, you are trying to build a lot more than TPTK. especailly against 4 players.
however, if you were the first one in (especailly in the later stages of a tournament) i think you must, must, must always raise AK just becasue the chance of stealing the blinds is so good.
tewall raises another good point of not losing a lot of money fighting for an un-raised pot. that aside, i don't think you played the hand poorly as you did flop top two pair and it looks more like a steal on his part than anything. you would think the nuts would try to milk the remaining players a little bit with no two-flush on the board.
i would have folded QJo in EP to a big raise. but that's just me.
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