i'm never folding ak here in this spot. it's just too strong of a hand and your stack is just way to short to fold it.
co and sb and getting it in with so many weaker aces and weaker broadway hands, as well as pairs that we're happy to flip against. you block aa and kk combos, so you're not going to be in a terrible equity spot in this situation.
i don't know their ranges, but i wouldn't be surprised if you had, at worst, somewhere around 35-40% equity against 2 all-ins, but that's ok. when you're short stack, you're happy to get in with in 35-40% equity spots. yeah, it's not a +ev spot but you still win ~2/5 times and it puts you in a much better situation to run deep when your hand holds.
as far as folding and giving yourself 10-12 bbs at the final table, i don't like thinking in this way. instead, i'm looking at situations that's going to maximize my stack size. is there some risk to it, of course. but the times you do win here and you pick 30+ bbs, that's going to final table. and keep in mind that 35-40 equity is just an average against ranges, there are times where you're going to up against weaker aces and kq, k10s, types of hands that you just absolutely crush.
so, even though you risk getting the final table with short stack some of the time, you make up for it when you hit the final table with 30+ bbs in this situation. you'd rather have 30+ bbs 40% of the times over 10-12 bbs 100% of the time because you're just going to do so much better with that stack size over all.
so, great call and it just didn't work for out for you.
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