Is this a spot where I should gamble? My plan before I iso raise was to fold if one off the bigger staks raised me. Is it a mistake or should I go all in? Dont like this spot at all.

PokerStars - 400/800 Ante 100 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 3.13 BB (VPIP: 13.56, PFR: 6.78, 3Bet Preflop: 4.17, Hands: 59)
MP+1: 61.1 BB (VPIP: 21.05, PFR: 10.53, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 19)
CO: 49.64 BB (VPIP: 22.99, PFR: 10.47, 3Bet Preflop: 10.26, Hands: 87)
BTN: 28.83 BB (VPIP: 27.94, PFR: 10.61, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 68)
SB: 55.8 BB (VPIP: 29.07, PFR: 8.24, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 87)
BB: 13.99 BB (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 40.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 5)
Hero (UTG): 194.04 BB
UTG+1: 21.84 BB (VPIP: 56.10, PFR: 7.32, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 41)

8 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has T A

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, MP+1 calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 2 BB, BB raises to 13.87 BB and is all-in, Hero raises to 28 BB, fold, SB raises to 55.68 BB and is all-in, fold

Flop: (73.37 BB, 2 players) 9 K 2

Turn: (73.37 BB, 2 players) K

River: (73.37 BB, 2 players) A

(Hope I did this right! First time posting).

There's never a good reason to "gamble" - it's either a +ev call or it isn't. And I'm not sure it is ever +ev to play ATo for 56bb preflop.

open fold AJ+

Its ok open A10o as bottom part of your range especially in 8max with antes..My opinion is fold or call vs 3bet.. because if you 4bet 28bb (right size) you cant fold vs ~56allin ..The pot is 90bb/28bb you need ~23% vs his range...And you can call

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105/28~ 21% vs two ranges ..As played you cant fold in this situation..

I myself being this deep wouldn't open ATo from UTG. I would bring myself to a fold. SB is apparently a calling station and to that I'll tell you this: They usually have Ax Kx hands or pairs 55+ (from my experience playing live poker).
I think you should not focus on the big stacks but rather the small stacks. What I mean by that is this thought process:
If I'm gonna open this hand am I willing to call an All-in of x bb? Am I willing to call a re-shove from someone else?

But now let's say you called. SB calls and BB shoves. You raised 2x what BB shoved. So unless you wanted to trap the SB the bet sizing is a little bit weird. Would make sense if you had AA/KK+ and you wanted to get the money in from the call station (SB). So in this stage I would prefer to just call the BB raise, and use position on SB to your advantage.

The board wouldn't be the best for you and the pot... but I would still prefer it than just raising 2x BB shove. and instantly losing 30bb~ for folding. I would put the SB on probably a weaker Ax hand or a pair... after the turn. But hard to say. I would just fold preflop and not open it. ATs+ is a more reasonable range, AJs+ is what I would consider a tight range considering the stack sizes.

8max Ato seems like a super std open utg when we have ace blocker and our position should garner some respect behind.

88+,KQ+ we should continue to bb 3b jam with a re-raise imo, flatters look pretty capped behind and there is a heap of dead money in the middle. I might crying fold ATo.s/77 to bb jam and raise AJ

As played Sb backraise is perplexing when he should be capped, but once we make the 4b we are getting better than 3-1 so need <25% equity so not folding now

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