Any wisdom on this sort of situation?

[ViperAce]

I'm average chip stack with about 25,000 in chips, 10 people left in the tournament and when it gets to 9 its final table (top 6 get paid) . Anyway, I get A,K unsuited and raise to 6,000 (blinds are 1,000 - 2,000) everyone folds to the monster chip stack who has Q,Q. He re-raises to 20,000 - in essence putting me all-in. Do I fold and wait for the smaller chip stacks to fade out or do I take the risk (i figured it was a 50/50 race anyway) and go for the chip lead going into the final table?

I did actually take the risk, no ace or king came up. I did have 15 outs at the turn but nothing hit at the river [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. damn.

thanks for any info, advice, wisdom in advance.

[HeroInBlack]

Somebody's going to have to do some $EV calculations, but absent those, I call. I still have to outlast 4 players to make any money, and I don't want to be trying to do that with 10xBB, especially when I would later push AJ after I just got done folding AK.

[beetyjoose]

I think you answered your own question. If you fold, you could probably limp your way into the money. Instead you pushed and got your money in with a coin flip. If you win the hand you're in good position for the final table and to win the whole torney. Sometimes you hit them, sometimes you don't.