I would've folded that because I figure about a 10% chance that I would be ahead preflop. I figure him on a mid-high pair or AK (most people LOVE shoving with AK because they think it's the almighty if you get 1v1 all in )

It says you're on table 93, right? Meaning there's still a helluva long way to go til the money, and this is just not a sure enough situation to be risking your tournament life on, this early in the tourney. Doing well in MTT's comes from a mixture of solid card and opponent play as well as risk minimization, meaning if you're going to be all-in preflop, you better be DAMN sure you are going to win.

Most of it of course, as always, depends on your read of the opponent. If he has been super tight, give him credit for the raise and live to fight another day, with a better hand. If he tends to be an opportunist and doesn't always have the cards to back it up, then a call might be profitable, but still iffy (these types of players sometimes like to use their loose image as a weapon when wielding a monster hand, making huge overbets to lure others into not believing them). If he is more of a sneaky, check-raise type of player, then he might be using some reverse psychology - in that he is making such a ridiculous overbet and forcing the pressure of calling all your chips in, that it appears as such an obvious bluff move that you will be tempted to call, whereas he really has a monster. He would rather take you down all at once than give you a chance to see a flop.

It can be confusing I know, but that's what practice and experience with different play styles is for, so most of it becomes a "gut feeling", when it's actually a subconscious database of countless experiences.

I think you lost.

I fold

Originally Posted by triple-t

if the original raiser and caller fold

this would be my biggest concern. The shove is huge, but you have two callers behind that have already shown strength. AQ isn't a hand I want all my money in with when there could be four opponents.

I mean, yeah, they did fold, but am I wrong to not assume they would in this situation?

Originally Posted by classickred

this would be my biggest concern. The shove is huge, but you have two callers behind that have already shown strength. AQ isn't a hand I want all my money in with when there could be four opponents.

I mean, yeah, they did fold, but am I wrong to not assume they would in this situation?

This is exactly why I fold in this situation.