[Smart Money]

<u>This is not an instant call.</u>

You have to give an unknown credit for a big hand with a re-raise pre in full-ring. (AA/KK/AK min)

Obviously you can rule out KK given the flop action.

You'd expect AK to just put in a decent size bet on the flop rather than the [equivalent of a] check/raise.

What would your first guess be at which hand gets played like this most frequently? That is, an initial lack of interest on an Ace-high flop followed by a desire to commit his whole stack. (Usually a flop check and large turn bet/raise.) I doubt many would answer anything other than AA.

It is not OK to just call (expecting to see AA) and put it down as a cooler. How is it a cooler!? A cooler is a hand where you've no chance of getting away from it. All the clues are there in this example if you put a bit of thought into it.

I could often find a fold here, and save [make] money long-term because of it.