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So you were the favorite plus pot odds. I don't think you can fold 86s here. Atleast half the time villain will fold, because he has junk.

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Couple things:

1. He is the chip leader. Doesn't that mean his range widens a little? The old adage: don't try to steal from huge stacks or tiny stacks.
2. I'm pushing with 9 BB (sorry, mistake earlier). This is marginal in the first place. 10 BB would be cutoff point where I would fold.
3. There are smaller stacks than me. Even a very very tiny stack.
4. Payout is very top heavy. Does this mean I should be playing for 1st, but settle for 9th (i.e. get all the EV I can accumulate)?? Even 5th gets $1K+. Should I have been more patient?

Like I said, this would be an autopush in a STT, but I don't know if it'd be any different just because it's a very top-heavy MTT.