KINGS, committed HALF STACK PF in nl, flop is AQJ....

[JrJordan]

Durron, I'd be all for pushing all in if the pot was bigger. The problem is that an all in is a HUGE over bet. There's only $7 in the pot right now, he's betting near 3 times amount if he goes all in. The only had that could possibly call that is QQ, and maybe perhaps a awfully played AK. Hands like AQ and JJ get out way too easy. You make it way too easy to let a hand like JJ get away. A reraise to $12 gives him awful odds to go for the set, but is still small enough that he'll stay in.

You're right, pushing all in preflop makes the flop a very easy decision, because there is none. The villain either folded or called with a hand that most likely beats you. A good NL player faces tough decisions sometimes because they're trying to maximize EV. This is one of those cases IMO.