AK on bubble of Stars $27.50

[RobTheDuck]

Villian JUST got to table, so no reads. 1127 entrants, 157 left with 153 paid.

PokerStars $25+2.50 No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button (t7280)
SB (t16596)
BB (t4730)
UTG (t8971)
UTG+1 (t18032)
Hero (t9043)
MP2 (t7694)
MP3 (t6495)
CO (t4905)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t1800</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t4000</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t8400</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t8993</font>, UTG+1 calls t593.

Flop: (t18336) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Turn: (t18336) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t18336) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t18336

[Drakkhim]

You have 15BB left and the guy has you covered. He might be undervaluing any good hand but being re-raised, I might be a little suspicious of AA, KK, QQ or AK to just be safe. It's nice that you hit the flop. Being so close to the money, and not having a lot of chips left compared to the size of the blind, I'm 50/50 on the decision.

[Sherman]

With your stack size, I really like a call here. A raise puts you in the situation you got yourself in against his re-raise. A fold is obviously wrong. I like a call because, 1) if everyone folds behind you (fairly likely) you have position post-flop and 2) If someone behind decides to get creative with a squeeze play you have a really easy call IMO.