level 1, AKo push

[Matt R.]

My friend thought this was a bad play, and I'm looking for some opinions here. Party $10+1. The hand:


#Game No : 2336610279
***** Hand History for Game 2336610279 *****
NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:13789595 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Saturday, July 09, 16:46:12 EDT 2005
Table Table 11511 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: ottodude111 ( $770 )
Seat 2: Memento_Mori ( $790 )
Seat 4: ATH76 ( $615 )
Seat 7: tarrvr ( $770 )
Seat 3: psilocyborg ( $890 )
Seat 6: MattR81 ( $775 )
Seat 10: RupertPWalla ( $1290 )
Seat 8: leafs16 ( $785 )
Seat 9: Saranthus ( $1315 )
Trny:13789595 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to MattR81 [ Ac Ks ]
Saranthus calls [15].
RupertPWalla raises [50].
ottodude111 folds.
Memento_Mori folds.
psilocyborg folds.
ATH76 folds.
MattR81 is all-In [775]


The previous hand, the intial raiser in this hand made a t70 raise with AT from MP1. He then proceeded to call an all-in on a flop of 9TQ -- his pair of tens happened to be good. Therefore, I was pretty sure AK was the best hand and I wanted to raise. The smallest raise I felt like I could make here would be t150, and I didn't want to get involved post-flop with this player who could have anything if he calls, with only 650 behind and a 300+ chip pot. I could easily have the best hand if I miss, and a continuation bet would leave me with under 500 chips if it got called. So I pushed. Friend thought I should just call since I had the button. Comments?