AKs in the big blind

[billyd]

~15 hands into a live 50 player sattelite, top 3 get a $5,000 buy-in to the main event.
I have ~$2,800 and so does the SB (started w/ $3,000).
Blinds are $25/$50, I get AKs in the BB. Everyone folds to SB who raises $200. I reraise another $400. He goes all-in! What is the correct play here?

[Bigdaddydvo]

he may put you on a resteal and hence tried the move. The only hands you are truly afraid of here are AA and KK, both made all the more unlikely since you have one of each. Anything QQ or lower and you're a coinflip (which you now have the right price from the pot to take)...plus it's entirely possible that he really thinks he's ahead with something like AQ or AJs. I think you have to gamble here. I call.

[tiger7210]

In a qualifier where you need to finish top 3, I'm definitely not folding here. You have a hand and a chnce to dbl up early. He may have put you on a resteal and is now trying to take it away. As long as he doesn't flip over AA/KK's you're still in good shape.