Full House
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: TN
Posts: 883
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My guess is that you either split this pot or beat a less than quality opponent who was holding something like AQ, AJ, or AT (you actually lose to AJ in this hand, but win Sklansky bucks  ). Less likely, but also possible is someone who had a flush and/or OSD draw or a less than quality opponent who had A7 or A8. The last small bucket is the pocket 8's or 7's that got lucky or the stubborn, fishy 99 through KK that just can't let a 3 bet pot go even with an ace staring @ them. Anyone who stacks off 99-KK with an ace on the flop usually goes str8 to my fish list and gets the opportunity to play lots of hands with me in the future 
As for how the hand played out, I'm not sure I'm a big fan of building a big pot with AKo in general unless I feel there is a reasonable chance I can take it away after the flop without hitting a piece of it. Plus, we're out of position. But, on the flop, I do like the check. I'm debating on whether I like the re-raise all-in. Any hand that you beat seems hard pressed to call off the rest. I might be tempted to let him take another crack at it on his own. But, that's probably not a big mistake either way since you're out of position and it's very read dependent and he has invested 1/2 his stack already and your re-raise could be interpreted more bluffy or weak than if you just flat call.
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