PS $22 180 - AK out of position vs LAG

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PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t200 (8 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t8638)
UTG+1 (t2390)
MP1 (t8565)
MP2 (t9950)
CO (t11367)
Button (t6062)
Hero (t3250)
BB (t3510)

Preflop: Hero is in SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, MP1 calls t200, MP2 calls t200, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="gray">Button folds</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t1000</font>, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, MP2 calls t800

Flop: (t2500) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
<font color="red">Hero bets t2250 (All-in)</font>

Now I don't think the way I played this was horrible. But afterword I felt like I should have pushed pre-flop. The 2nd limper seemed fairly laggy, so I didn't think I was going to be up against any pairs. But yeah, I think I should have pushed to take down the 700 chips which is clearly an upgrade for my stack.

Confirm or deny?

[rbear]

I agree with a push. You need to raise at least 1k to isolate, as you did, but in doing so, you commit yourself to the pot. These two stacks could be limping a big range, and you may get a hand you dominate to call. They may have a smaller pocket pair, which would be pressured to fold, or in the worst case, you're a little worse than a flip. Either way, I think a push is best here.

[flyingmoose]

I think a go and go is better than a push unless you think one of the players is loose enough to call your all-in preflop.

[TDouble]

I think you are a lot better off by just shoving. I hate having 10BB's left and no FE (assuming you raise and brick). Putting in 1/3 of your stack OOP w/ this hand also sucks. Besides, would your opponent fold 77 on the flop?