$20+2: Standard call here to "transparent" desperation?

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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB (t295)
UTG (t915)
UTG+1 (t1235)
MP1 (t870)
MP2 (t1273)
CO (t1025)
Hero (t935)
SB (t1452)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (t175) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB raises all-in, MP1 folds, Hero calls t245.

Turn: (t420) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t420) 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t420

[Allinlife]

why not go allin preflop

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why not go allin preflop

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Is there a subtext to this question that I am missing?

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I guess a better question is: why go all-in pre-flop?

[ilya]

How long has the BB been sitting on his short stack? If he got sucked out on in level 1 and he's been folding since, I think you can fold. Otherwise, yeah, I think you can call. He prolly has an 8 or worse often enough.