Think this should have been an automatic push?

[soda]

I'm all in with any decent holding here. There is tremendous pressure for the SB to fold in this situation and wait on the BB. You described the SB as tight, which means I would probably push with any 2. 1200 in blinds is huge if you can grab 2 or 3 hands in a row, you're golden.

Even though I'd push with any two, were I the small blind and you pushed here, I only see myself calling with AA, KK and maybe QQ. Everything else is hitting the muck in my current game. I think the gap theory in this particular situation becomes very important.

Every time I make the kind of raise you did in this situation (and I know I do this too), I chide myself because I believe the clearly superior play here is to just push. AK is not that strong preflop and you do not want to see a flop or have to call an over the top raise from SB.

These are just my opinions after about a week of one table SNGs.

soda

[curtains]

I would push here but your play isn't terrible. AK is a powerhouse and although it might entice the SB to move allin with pairs that you would like to fold, it might also entice him to move allin with hands like Aq/aj/at ETC.

Of course it shouldnt convince him of any of this since you are clearly pot committed, but a lot of people don't realize such fine details.

[GtrHtr]

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Yeah, me. Why are you going all in pre-flop with the biggest stack? Think about the flop after you saw it. Would you have gone all in then?

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Your deepest stacked opponent only has 6-7xBB left, so any raise you make will force them to be pot committed if they want to play. Thats why your only bet here should be all-in. Since they are going to end up getting all of their chips in, you might as well maximize your bet to get the highest chance of them folding. It is one of the fundamentals of shortstacked tournament play. see: "10xBB rule"

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I see your point and stand corrected.