[bestcellar]

Okay, after thinking about it for VERY NEARLY the maximum and typing "lol" in the chat box, I finally called. I can't really say it was anything more than a gut move, although with some quick math in my head I reasoned out that the equity was somewhere near about right to do so. I really could not put him on a flush or a boat. I knew I was a stronger player than the short stack, so I figured if I won that hand I had a very good shot of winning the tourney overall.

results in white below:

<font color="white"> Villain shows 5h 3s for a pair of eights</font>






postscript:

The bet didn't make any sense, even if I took into consideration 2 and 3 level deep reverse psychology. He needed to bet something I could call if he had a big hand, and he needed to bet something I couldn't call if he had nothing. That was my final rationale. I think with hands like this and with players who are unpredictable maniacs like this you have to streamline your thinking: the simplest explanation tends to be the most likely. Good old Occam's razor came back into play.