[Jake M.]

For as much as I don't like calling off my money here with AQ, unfortunately, I think you have to. You only have 5 Big Blinds. He has even less chips which opens up his range. Though he is in an early position, the blinds are going to eat him alive the next hand so he had to push with a wider range than he normally would. The only problem really is there is action behind you but at this point you have to try and accumulate some chips so that you can play an effective bubble. If you lose here, you at least don't bubble but if you do win, you'll have a pretty reasonable chip stack and you should be able to cash/make final table and hopefully take the whole thing down. Also, I'm not sure if you mentioned this point or not but what was the dollar amount on the buy in? If it was a low buy in, then yeah, you probably do have to call. Though I hate to stereotype just because it is a lower buy in, it is something to consider. If it is a $5 tournament, then AQ is going to be the best hand in this spot more often than it would in say a $100+ buy in tournament. Though this may not necessarily be true in all cases, I feel that it is something to think about.