Final table - AK all in question

[Dobster]

This is my first hand posting so go easy if I screw something up. This was the freeroll tournament from raketracker. Just made it to the final table then this happened. Should I have folded seeing as there were two small stacks at the table and tried to finish in a better position? Any comments are appreciated. I've been kicking myself all night because I'm not sure if I played this right. Didn't convert correctly so here it is. Only read is the whole table was blind stealing, we rarely saw flops. Thanks in advance, Deb
#Game No : 1696477098
***** Hand History for Game 1696477098 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:10156639 Level:13 Blinds (750/1500) - Sunday, March 06, 20:17:31 EDT 2005
Table Poker Deuces(267652) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
MP2 (t8642)
MP3 (t20394)
CO (t4052)
Button (t530)
SB (t26937)
BB (t15052)
UTG (t30734)
Hero (t20335)
UTG+2 (t47039)
MP1 (t29285)

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ As Kd ]
UTG raises [4500].
Hero calls [4500].
all other fold to
MP3 is all-In [20394]
UTG folds.
Hero goes all-In [15835]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, Jc, 5s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]

[kuro]

If you're going to play AKo here , then you need to push preflop. Without a read that villain is raising with garbage utg though, I think you need to fold. You're a coin flip versus the range of AA-99,AK,AQ that villain is most likely raising with utg. I don't think this is a good spot to take a flip in though, because you're covered and there are a number of shorter stacks that are about to bust.

[schwza]

i'd push over the top of utg. there are a number of hands that utg will open with, but not call a push. i'm not sure what the quality of play is like at the final table of a freeroll, but if there's a chance utg will open AQ and then call a push, you have to push. there's a rule of thumb in Tournament Poker for Advanced Players that whenever your stack is 2-5x the size of the pot, it's a good time to push AK pre-flop.

after you cold-call and there's a push behind you, you're in a dicey situation. you're only calling 16k to win a total of 52k. so you only need to win about 30% to be breakeven chip-wise, although you're pretty unexcited about taking an even money gamble right now.

if the pusher is a good player, he won't make this play without AA-QQ, and maybe AK, JJ. i don't have poker stove handy to run the numbers, but i'm guessing you're getting a slightly positive gambe against AA-JJ/AK, but it wouldn't be enough to compensate for the fact that you really don't want to go broke right now. however, i'd guess that there's some chance that the pusher's range is actually wider than that. i'd probably kick myself for not pushing initially and then call.

[Prime Time]

Agree w/ the responses to push pre-flop on your action.

[ThrillFactor]

Add another vote for not flat calling UTG's raise in your position. Either push or fold.

[Komodo]

You dont tell the most important thing, how many get prizes and how much?
Basically I agree with the others, this looks more like a push/fold than a cold call.

[b0000000000m]

That was me in the SB.

Great time to push all-in, you have a nice chunk of folding equity.

[Dobster]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I knew I did the wrong thing which is why I'm still kickin myself. If I could do it over I would have pushed and MP3 probably would have called. I still would have lost, but at least I could say I played it right. Congrats Boom! So when do I give the results? Never?

[Roman]

Didnt read other responses, but I say push after UTG raises. When its back to you, its close but getting those pot odds I pray for QQ or AK and call.