To shove or not to shove?

Pysterman

Out of position in an MTT, down to 16-17 big blinds, dealt AK.

Big blind is "away" so will fold. Limper has only recently been moved to the table.

Should I just shove this?

Pysterman	Small blind		50.00	50.00	1640.00
R_IVERS_10	Big blind		100.00	150.00	975.00
	Your hole cards	K A
MHC	Fold
jimyenglan	Fold
rod215	Call		100.00	250.00	2108.75
TRIP5	Fold
Pysterman

If I just raise and get called, what then if I miss the flop? Can I give this up?

If I plan to raise and then c-bet if I miss the flop then surely I should just shove now.

ameliorate

Hi,

I would just shove, raising is tricky especially if you miss the flop, and you are most likely to get called by a hand you either dominate or are racing with.

Its not a nice spot to be in but checking/folding here is terrible IMO.

If i have less than 20BB and pick up a premium hand like this I just shove. Way too many players call with worse

debdobs_67

its a shove simplez

grantorino

I prob shove, I dont mind raising and getting it in on any flop either

Dudeskin8

Snap shove, would have prefered a raise in front but yh just shove.

Pysterman

In Response to Re: To shove or not to shove?:

I dont mind raising and getting it in on any flop either
Posted by grantorino

This is the way I actually played it.

I raised to 400, got called with 78 suited.

Flop comes 10 6 9.

I shove.

Adios.

Looking back, I questioned whether the shove pre would have been better than the stop and go (hence the thread). In this case he probably would have folded, buy maybe not.

rancid

AK SB 17 BB

Grab your balls and shove it

unknown_username

In Response to Re: To shove or not to shove?:

Hi, I would just shove, raising is tricky especially if you miss the flop, and you are most likely to get called by a hand you either dominate or are racing with. Its not a nice spot to be in but checking/folding here is terrible IMO. If i have less than 20BB and pick up a premium hand like this I just shove. Way too many players call with worse
Posted by ameliorate

Its a great spot. Ship it!