$3.50 45 man - Late stages with AQ vs UTG raise

Imo fllating is bad, why would you want to invest 1/5 of your stack and just fold every time you miss flop, you can fold only if he is real nit or good regular, vs unknowns i think i still go with push.

I don't think flatting is bad to be honest. 45s are a lot about survival so losing 1/5 of my stack is not a problem, especially as there are still much shorter stacks left in the tourney. I am also in position which makes my flop decision much much easier. As it turns out he had AK so whether he would have check folded on the flop or not, i dunno.

Shove is good here IMO. AQ is a good resteal hand and if he has a monster here, that's unlucky. But a lot of times you are ahead. And when you are not, just flop a Q and you will be fine

99+ aq+ imo!
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