Why is calling an all in with AK bad? Because mathematically your behind with AK to any pocket pair lower then QQ. KK and AA your way behind 4:1 underdawg, im sure you know that rilla, come on. Consider your only goin to flop a pair 40% of the time (1.5:1). You really need to be able to get paid 2:1 by your opponent to justify calling with AK. Now you could bluff a your opponent post flop when you miss, but why? You know your opponent more then likely has something in his hand, which is only goin to lead to a call. Now, if you call a all in & your getting paid 1:1, this jsut to me isnt a correct way of goin about makin money overall. However calling a raise from an opponent who had atleast as much left in his stack that raised you preflop with gives you implied odds to get paid 2:1 or better. Allowing you to see a flop and then receive great implied odds on your money. I really dont see how re-raising with an unmade hand could be more profitable. Especially at lower limits, where people dont respect Re-raises. If I have AQ and raise and get RE-raised even minumum, im goin to more then likely give up the hand ( without a good read on a TERRIBLE PLAYER) because im behind to almost any hand you think a player is goin to raise with, let alone RE-raise with. maybe thats just the passive side of my game or whatever. But thats just my style. And I think the numbers I have on record so far speak for themselves. And im still keeping track not quite giving up on calling a raise with AK yet, but im pretty close to it...Its just not profitable,simple as that.........Maybe im not seeing something right and would enjoy more comments or suggestions towards this post