are you serious?


ok, lets break this down. blinds are 500/1000 with a 75 chip ante. which means before the hand there is allready 2250 in the pot. ep1 open raises to 5k(dumb raise), so now there is 7250 in the pot. your stack has 49k, meaning if you call and miss the flop (70%ish of the time) you will be losing more than 10% of your stack.

AK is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of his open raising range here, plus there is allready 7250 in the pot, which represents more thanb 10% of your stack. this dead money not only compensates for when he has a pair, but it is definantly enough to be worth stealing.

RAISE. imo i dont think it matters if you shove or make it 15k, either way it commits you to the pot. actually, make it 15k, he might get frisky and try to resteal with garbage. shoving lets him fold a few hands u can beat. but hmm, however, shoving might get him to fold some small pairs...

i dunno. i probably make it 15k, shoving isnt terrible imo, either way you have to raise this hand.