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.
Because there's a lot of dead money in the pot, UTG+1 is a donkey shortstack who's range we are way ahead of here, the other limper folded, and we're faced with a BB that just called a button bet out of the BB with 2 people still to act behind him. The chances that he has KK/AA is very slim (not even mentioning the fact that we hold an ace and a king).

and AK (not saying its always, or even often a good allin hand) is so far and away better in spots like this then small/mid pairs. In this spot, I'd rather have AK then a pair of tens.

edit: also forgot to add that the BB is only 60bb deep, and pushing gives us a chance to see all 5 cards which is one of AK's huge strengths