1. The short stack is not the big stacks biggest enemy. The short stack is the big stacks friend and the medium stacks enemy.

2. The call is a loser from a Chip EV standping

3. At this phase of the tournament $EV < Chip EV so it is a also a loser from a dollar EV stand point.

4. Knocking out a short stack who is no immediate threat to you has very little value.

If this were a SnG bubble hand would you make the call?

That is chip spewing.

Ok, well I am done posting since it is obviously a waste of time. I'm not sure if you guys are just too stuborn to change your opinions once you realize your wrong or you guys are just to stupid to understand whats going on. Beavis I would be SHOCKED if you have ever won a poker tournament playing the way you are and the SnG situation has absolutely no relevence to the situation. Stoneburg...that was the most ignorant post I have ever read. I hope that post was some kind of a joke because I laughed thoroughly though all of it. I don't understand why I am being blasted for talking about a standard play that any good tournament pro would make. And I am going t be live in that situation at LEAST 90% of the time and you are just flat wrong about short stacks not being detriminental to a big stack. If you don't want to get better keep a closed mind. I am not saying that I know everything about tournament poker but I am saying this, that is a standard call.

MtPaid you made a great post that people could learn from if they would decide to get up off their high horses and open up their minds to certain ideas. Congratulations on the win and giving yourself every opportunity to win. I wish you the greatest success in the future.

And Golden1...all I have to say is wtf?

Oh yah, all the people (mainly sweedes) who say that sweedes are better at poker than americans...are wrong...read stoneburgs posts they are juvenile and flat out rediculous