3 limpers, a miniraise, a caller and I have AKo on the button

[TheNoodleMan]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

SB (t925)
BB (t445)
UTG (t1120)
UTG+1 (t425)
MP1 (t710)
MP2 (t2230)
MP3 (t810)
CO (t560)
Hero (t775)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls t30, UTG+1 calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t30, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t60</font>, CO calls t60, <font color="#666666"> <font color="red"> HERO???</font>

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I push. t255 in the pot ~1/3 of your stack. You have tons of FE &amp; don't mind taking it down right now. Not to mention you have a good chance to win even if you get called.

Edit: oops forgot the blinds in the pot size... makes it an even easier push!

[beetyjoose]

Hero raises to 215. What was the buy-in?

[45suited]

I instantly push. This is the kind of crap that AK was made for.

[Raiser]

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I instantly push. This is the kind of crap that AK was made for.

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[kong98]

I would call here. You've got position and a good hand.

I don't like to reraise with AK in the early levels. Too much chance of a push back at you, and I don't want to take coin-flips in the early levels.

[TheNoodleMan]

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What was the buy-in?

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30+3

[45suited]

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I would call here.

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Oh my. Not good.

(Edited because I did not realize there was one caller of the raise).

Assuming no info yet, I would probably raise to 120 (60 more to go). This would likely make the limpers fold because of them being sandwiched between you and the raiser and caller, thus narrowing it down to a manageable 3 handed flop. It further will help you define your hand against the raiser and caller. If they both just call, it is unlikely they have aa or kk, and you can put them on a broad range of solid drawing hands (ak, aq, ajs, etc) or middle pockets). If you hit your flop, you can then bet or raise with confidence. However, if one comes over the top, since you only invested 120, you can easily let it go.

I might just call if the two limpers are calling stations, however.

[kong98]

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I would call here.

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Oh my. Not good.

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This hurts me because you post good stuff. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Can you please educate me here?

I usually play the 10+1 and if you push here, you're often getting 1 or 2 callers. (Often could be confirmation bias on my part though?)

If I get called, I figure its a coin-flip and I try not to take coin-flips in the early stages of the tourny. You can usually find better places to get your money in later can't you?

Are we pushing because everyone looks fairly weak so we don't expect a call, and if we do get called, we're only a real dog to AA and KK?

Thanks,
Kent