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Ask any group of poker players the way you played your hand and they’ll get a hold of dozens of various opinions. That’s just the character of the game.

Each week, Card Player will select a hand from the high-stakes, big buy-in poker world, break it down and show that there’s multiple approach to get the job done.

The Scenario

There are 19 players remaining at three tables in a $5,000 buy-in poker tournament. You're already guaranteed a minimum of $16,380 for your investment, but you might be currently sitting on a pay jump as much as $19,689. The winner of the development will take home $354,335.

With the blinds at 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante, your stack of 1,183,000 is worth an overly healthy 98 big blinds. In fact, you're sitting in second place overall, with a field average of around 580,000.

Another big stack, a young, but accomplished poker pro who started the hand with 1,033,000, raises from under the gun to 27,000. The action folds around to you within the cutoff and also you look down at AK. You three-bet to 85,000 and the blinds fold back to the under-the-gun villain.

He then four-bets to 237,000, nearly one quarter of his stack.

The Questions

Do you fold, call or raise? If calling, what's your plan for the flop? If raising, how much? Do you continue to have any fold equity? How does your opponent’s stack size change your decision? Does your position within the hand change your decision? Is there ever an even reason to fold?

What Actually Happened

At the 2016 World Poker Tour bestbet Bounty Scramble main event, Kory Kilpatrick opted to five-bet all-in holding AK against Sam Panzica. Panzica called all in with KK, leaving Kilpatrick drawing to 1 of 3 aces to return from behind.

The board ran out Q9623, however, and Kilpatrick was left very short stacked.

Despite the setback, Kilpatrick rebounded strong and grinded his option to an eighth-place finish, cashing for $43,827. Panzica, however, used his timely double as much as make the overall table and ultimately take down the tournament for his first WPT title and the $354,335 first-place prize.

What would you might have done and why? Tell us within the comments section below and take a look at to not be results oriented. The most productive answer will receive a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription.

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