Laying down AK in a tournament from a Poker Pro Magazine Article

[SuperUberBob]

I read this and thought it was an instacall.

In a tournament of this structure, the blinds go up so fast that you have to be more inclined to take coin flips and gamble more than usual if you want to win.

The average stack is in pushbot mode, so they're coming at you with a huge range of hands. AK is well ahead of that range and is an easy call.