CanadianAce3

I think I may play this hand differently in this spot. If your 8 handed and your 2 to the money and from what I assume your around 2nd or 3rd in chips and everyone else is short stacked, theres no reason to put yourself at risk until your in the money. Lets say you smooth call there for 5k. That leaves you with 11k and the pot is roughly 13k or something like that. If the flop comes 3 6 8. Depending on his action thats a pretty good flop for you and takes some pressure off, also if he checks it u can shove and he does have fold equity with his AK. But if the flop comes A K Q and he shoves, you

If you shove to the players 4-bet, he will likely call you preflop. Whereas if you decide to just flat call, and then shove on the flop you give yourself that extra chance to win the pot. In this hand the player had QQ preflop. If he flat calls and the flop comes A K 2, then its a lot easier for him to fold his hand. But if the flop comes the way it did he can shove on the flop, this way if he put the guy on a lower pp or AK they may fold here. The point im trying to make is that if your going to shove preflop anyway, whats the difference between shoving on the flop?