$6.50 - 2 AK Hands - whats my play?

[lemmoh]

Hi all,

2 Hands from my last session:

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HAND #1
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Poker Stars, $6 + $0.50 NL Hold'em Tournament, 50/100 Blinds, 6 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): 1,317
UTG: 3,125
MP: 3,210
CO: 1,875
BTN: 2,770
SB: 1,203

Pre-Flop: (150) Kh Ac dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG calls 100, MP folds, <font color="red">CO raises to 1,875 and is All-In</font>, 2 folds, Hero calls?

Villain is unknown. No crazy moves so far.
Is this a call with 12bb?



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HAND #2
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Poker Stars, $6 + $0.50 NL Hold'em Tournament, 200/400 Blinds, 6 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

BTN: 3,561
SB: 1,732
Hero (BB): 2,905
UTG: 3,300
MP: 1,460
CO: 542

Pre-Flop: (750) Kc Ah dealt to Hero (BB)
<font color="red">UTG raises to 1,200</font>, MP folds, CO calls 517 and is All-In, 2 folds, <font color="red">Hero shoves, folds?</font>

UTG played donkish (ie. min-raised early 69o), CO is calling any2 i think, do i have to shove here or just fold an wait for a better spot?

I never know to play AK...

[middleweb]

Call, Shove - every day of the week.

[tigerite]

1 Call, you only have 13BB and AKo is a monster here. Also, CO's shove is pretty much never AA or KK.
2 Shoves and it's not close.

[middleweb]

Call, shove every day of the week. AK late in the game is often unfoldable.

[pdiggz]

Hand 1 is an easy call. You are probably no worse off than racing against CO. I would guess he has something like 88-JJ,AK,AQ,AJ. You need chips badly, this is a great spot. You win the pot and you are in real good shape.

Hand 2: Everyone seems to advocate shoving here. I'm not going to completely disagree. Clearly calling and playing OOP is the wrong play. Given that OP is in third place and if he shoves and loses is out, could anyone fold here? We aren't guaranteed to get ITM but OP is in good shape. MP and SB will have to double up to even have a chance, and will have to make a move before OP, and do it very soon.

For the record, I shove here, especially with the read of UTG not being very good. Just thought I'd throw out the question.

[lemmoh]

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Hand 2: Everyone seems to advocate shoving here. I'm not going to completely disagree. Clearly calling and playing OOP is the wrong play. Given that OP is in third place and if he shoves and loses is out, could anyone fold here? We aren't guaranteed to get ITM but OP is in good shape. MP and SB will have to double up to even have a chance, and will have to make a move before OP, and do it very soon.

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this is what im thinkin about. But with the high blinds i dont think i can fold AK here. I called hand 1 and shoved hand 2. I still hate the AK-Situations...

Thanks for your responses :-)

[Victormm_BR]

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Call, Shove - every day of the week.

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