Hi guys, so two spots i have some issues with in last nights tournament at the local Grosvenor that i would like some thoughts on.

First hand:

Hero is SB with AK Action is folded to Utg+1.

UTG+1: seems an ok player in general, but nothing special at all, as has made a few pretty bad plays. Has c/r jammed Q10 on a Q74 seemingly for value, snapped off by 77 . I have had 3 occasions where i have tried to steal, twice he has flatted my c bets on favourable flops, given up ott and c/f. Once he decided to raise my cbet of 6.5k into a 14k pot to 37k (wtf), on a 737 and showed 44 claiming because he didnt want me to see any more overs. Have not seen him show a bluff yet, but have the feeling in previous pots he may have done.

Blinds 1.5k, 3k, ante 300. Villain raises to 6k (35bb-40bb deep). Folded to hero in sb who makes it 17k (25bb-30bb) Villain tank calls.

Flop: 944

Hero checks, villain leads for 35k into a 40k pot. Hero?

Hand 2:

13 players left, 8 places paid (£930, £660, £420, £260, £220, £180, £120, £100). Average stack is 9-10bb, hero has 8bb.

Villain (15bb deep) open jams utg. Seems like a fairly solid old reg, dont remember an instance where he has got out of line. short stack (5bb) mp1 jams also. has been jamming frequently. Hero is Mp2 with AQ

Considering that the average stack is only 10bb, and with the likely aspect that if we made it to the cash, there is a chance that the table could chop money evenly regardless of stack sizes, should we ever be folding AQ here with 8 bigs?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Hand 1 - I prolly just jam here. He's got about 20 bbs left and his protective overbets tell me he's going to be highly bust-averse, meaning you have massive FE.

Hand 2 - Never fold. All these stack sizes mean it's going to take some serious gogo to win this thing, so take your shot now. Villain ranges are redic with these sizes, so this is probs the best opportunity you're going to get.

You're up aganst ranges like 55+ and maybe A8+, so easy shove.