Quote Originally Posted by Jiggus
Why do the repliers all say it's standard to push?

I feel AK is never an all in hand pre-flop. It only pairs up something like 35% of the time. Plus I'm thinking that a re-raiser has got AA or KK anyhow.

I've also been told by others on this site that you should only go all in with KK or AA, and I have been sticking to that for the most part, but I'm thinking of late that any pair is a possible all in hand, and certainly a pair seems stronger than AK pre-flop.

But I know squat.
It's very, very unlikely that BB has AA or KK and there's already pretty much in the pot. This is why this is a good situation to push. If BB decides to call with AQ - great, if he calls with QQ or worse it's coin flip.