AK suited in second hour

AK looks pretty and yes it does play better when you get to see all five cards but its a dangerous hand...... i mean your a slight underdog to a small pair and why would you wanna flip if it meant most of your stack? I recently had the same situation cost me alot when i reraised all in with AK suited and some knucklehead called me with 79o??????
it knocked me out of a 400 person tournament in 10th place which paid 350. and first place was 10,000. had i only mucked it to be safe ......damm my whole life woulda changed.
good luck sir. or madam [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]