In response, I know a pocket pair has an small statistical edge over AK but I will go all in preflop with it against a player I know is weak. You really need to know the player and there are lots of them on $25NL who go all in on any A(big) or pocket pair. It is fun to get in a race now and again if they have the pocket pair. Otherwise, there is a good chance that you have them dominated because they are overplaying their A again.