We don't know the types of players at the table. We don't know the hands that had been played that session, nor the way the players had reacted to it. What we do know is that A-K got what he wanted: Excellent odds to double up. His all-in was called by K-J. A-K had a good feel for that hand for that table at that particular time. Kudos. Good all-in.

Any other day, any other table, his strategy might not have worked. But it did.