AKo in SB v.s big stack with 4 left in $5 SNG

[Dhani]

Seat 1: Button (t4,385)
Seat 2: SB (t2,250)
Seat 3: Hero (t4,200)
Seat 5: UTG (t2,665)
blinds-t80-t160
Hero has A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
1 fold, Button raises to 360, SB folds, Hero...

I don't want to shove here. I don't want to gamble and lose, and if I reraise OOP and the Button calls, I am faced with a big dillema on the flop if I miss.
Help me out here.

[flopton]

it depends on whether the button player is raising a lot, but is it such a big mistake to fold here, and continue to put pressure on the smaller stacks with better situations? AK is one of the best hands but like you mentioned a 50-50 with this stack isn't a profitable gamble.

[TruFloridaGator]

This is a super easy push. Lots of FE & way ahead of the button's raising range.

[FlyingCarpet]

You've got a good hand and enough chips to see the flop. What range do u have for villian?

Without a read, I call and prolly dump it if I whiff the flop. I don't see a reason to build a big pot PF against the other big stack.

[Dhani]

Villain has been rather tight and straightforward. I really dont like, as you said, building a pot that I will be attached to and possibly put me on the bubble.

[Dhani]

I guess we have different SNG styles in this situation. I don't want to gamble with the other big stack that has me covermed without being in the money first.

[FlyingCarpet]

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This is a super easy push. Lots of FE & way ahead of the button's raising range.

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Even at this buy in?? Seems like most villians won't fold if they are the raiser. Granted, u will see a lot of junk we dominate, but will also see PP that we are flipping with.
With our stack isn't it +ev to not risk our whole stack PF on this hand since there are medium stacks to abuse?

[Cleverbeans]

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Even at this buy in??

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Especially at this buy-in. You're going to get called by AQ-A8 all the time here even KJ-KQ and yeah sometimes a small pair is calling but that's less likely to be their holding since the non-paired hands are more likely to be dealt.

[Insty]

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[that's less likely to be their holding since the non-paired hands are more likely to be dealt.

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I don't think you can say this.

sure

p(dealt non-paired) > p( dealt paired )

but

p( not folding preflop ) is way greater with a paired hand.

and we already have that extra information.

[ipushufold]

We have enough chips for me to just reraise here. I make it 1000 or something.