AK in 3-handed game: acting first pre-flop (title corrected)

[nova]

Hi folks, I'm new so I'm still trying to get the hand-converter working correctly. Also been a pretty long day at the office.

Seat 3: opp 1 (2540)
Seat 8: opp 2 (3500)
Seat 9: myself (1960)
opp1 small blind, opp2 big blind


blinds are 150/300 in a 10 person NL game (20+2 on PP). There had been a tremendous amount of pushing pre-flop as well as both the button and SB folding to the BB (either ALL of it or none of it).

I picked up AK on the button. I had just doubled up a few times to get to a playable amount of chips. They way the game was going, I figured a move pre-flop may be a good move, to try to isolate one of them and hopefully knock out one or double up (depending on the caller).

I push , opp 1 folds immediately, opp 2 calls.

board comes:
Flop 8c 6c 4d
Turn Th
River 9h

I had Ac Kh, big stack had called with Ad 8s. I go out in 3rd place.

I guess not having more information about the flow of the game prior to this isn't helpful, but should I have possibly played it differently? A raise of 5x or 6x the BB basically puts me all in. A raise to 600 wouldn't be enough to scare out the BB. Raise it up to 900 = 50% of my stack which basically pot commits me. Even if I limp, if the SB folds and he checks, I'm betting the flop hard with no apparent draw out there.

I obviously want to play the pot, and it just didn't work out. Could I get some suggestions on some other ways I may have wanted to play this? Appreciate it guys, thanks!

[swarm]

you played it right, just a bad beat... you actually want the call by villan if he has A8, you usuall double up here.

You push with AK and are happy with stealing taking the blinds, it's so much of a drawing hand. Raising to 900 is putting you in anyway. Somewhat of a loose call by the big stack, but big stacks tend to do that.

[holeplug]

Looks like a bad beat post to me. You played it fine and he sucked out on you. It happens. Move on.

[nova]

yep, got no problem moving on, because that's poker! Thanks for the insight though, wanted another take on it

[Skip Brutale]

This might seriously be the stupidest post I've ever read.

[lastchance]

You have AK and less than 8x BB. Thinking about not pushing is a horrible mistake and says something very, very bad about your play.

[microbet]

Jeebus Christ! A stranger comes in with a real question about a hand, not asking if losing 3 in a row is normal for a player with 73% ROI, and this is the treatment he gets.

Citanbul, your turning nice has created a power vacuum which has led to chaos.