[Salvatore1]

I was in a tournament today when this hand came up. With blinds of 25 and 50 I am UTG with 3000 in chips I find AsQh. I make a raise to 200 and a player with 10,000 in chips calls in middle position, every one else folds. The pot is now 475 and the flop comes Ac Ks 4s. Its on me and I bet 350 and my opponent calls. the turn comes 5c, at this point I am putting my opponent on either a spade draw or a weak ace (posibly a spade draw and inside strait draw like Js10s). I also think that he is very likely to call any bet I make considering his stack size which is now 9450 and my stack size which is now 2450. Here is the question, if my read of this guy is correct what would be the better strategy? 1. Bet half the pot or about 600 and leave myself room to fold if the river is a spade or strait card. or 2. push all in and make him pay for the draw and try and double up. Thanks in advance for your comments.


Sal