pretty good flop for ak ,but do i call?

[ubermonkey1]

this hand is from the hendon mob playoff on wendsday. it's an 18 seater with only 1 prize a $4k wsop package. for some reason my ft hand history turned itself off on the last update so i will have to do it by memory:wall 2nd level, blinds are 20/40 starting stack was 3000 i'm on about 2900 play so far has been pretty aggressive all round and every player is decent, so no easy money. i'm sat on the button with as kc utg calls (2400 chips),cutoff raises to 180(3200) and i call. should i have reraised here? i was thinking early levels do i really wanna commit to much without seeing a flop:unsure and utg flat calls flop comes down 3c qs ks utg checks,cutoff bets 250 and i reraise to 650. utg then goes all in:eek cutoff folds. so i have just over 1600 to call with 2100 left,should i or not?

[daftpegasus]

Re: pretty good flop for ak ,but do i call? His shove in this postion suggests that he wants to take down the pot without a caller. This implies that he believes he has the best hand currently but is concerned about the straight and flush draws, or he's bluffing. The hands you're currently behind to are AA, KK, QQ, 33, KQ, K3, Q3 although you also have to worry about any two spades and hands such as J10. Since you state that these are good players we can rule out calling a 4.5x raise out of position with K3 & Q3. Also you'd expect a reraise preflop with AA or KK (and maybe QQ). The structure of this tournament probably makes my final decision here. It's a winner takes all against good, aggressive players. Gaining a decent chip stack at this stage will give you a good opportunity to progress. If you lose you still have 500 chips and low blinds so it probably worth the risk and call.