$55 NL, Folded AK preflop

Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: coredevice ( $2320 )
Seat 2: AlisaS63 ( $965 )
Seat 3: turk90 ( $1588 )
Seat 5: bpmarty ( $535 )
Seat 8: rivercrime ( $2590 )
Seat 9: MrBrimestone ( $1507 )
Seat 4: ClubReuben ( $1492 )
Seat 7: JXB1970 ( $4158 )
Seat 6: Agememnon ( $1420 )
Seat 10: CatChaser ( $1015 )
Trny:17632422 Level:2
Blinds (10/20)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to rivercrime [ As Kd ]
coredevice folds.
AlisaS63 calls [20].
turk90 calls [20].
ClubReuben calls [20].
bpmarty calls [20].
Agememnon folds.
JXB1970 raises [175].

What do you do here? Any explanations are appriciated.

Raise to 350. You've got position and a solid hand that is currently at worst a coin flip, and could be dominating an AQ, KQ, etc. You really don't want the limpers coming along for the ride for the goofy flush/str flops. He could just be attempting a scoop of the limpers and blinds.

[betgo]

This is the rebuy period. Definately reraise. I would just push and hope to take the pot or get called by Ax/Kx.

Wow, I missed that it was a rebuy. Then I'd definitely push.

[betgo]

You folded AK to a single raise in the rebuy period? That is the definition of weak/tight.

[nath]

If it's a rebuy I push. If it's not a call is fine. You're on the button, right?

[ansky451]

This is a rebuy?? If thats the case I retract my vote, and switch it to push. Wow, this is easy in a rebuy.

[betgo]

Maybe I misunderstood and it's not a rebuy. Some of the stacks are big for 10/20 otherwise.

You're right, those stacks are pretty large for level 2 without a rebuy. Then again, I haven't seen any $55 rebuys on the major sites. Unless he meant to type $5+.50 [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

If rebuy, I push.
If not, I raise to 350 based on what I typed above.

The OP says nothing about a rebuy. I would probably push/raise in a rebuy also. I thought it was a little weak of me, but I folded. I was just to afraid of somethign scarey lurking in the limpers or the raiser. I figured to be in a cointoss situation with a pp and with lots of extra money in the pot.
What made me fold was that I thought the cost of facing the occasional AA, KK or XX who bets on a rag flop was going to out way the more common situation of having an moderate edge against unders and dominateds. As soon as I folded I regretted it. The great position was too much to throw away.

Best decision asside, the raiser ended up having TT and lost to some clown with QT and I would have whiffed. Oh well, this time I was better being lucky(at avoiding bad luck) than good.