Re: Giga and the theory of the Pie.
IMHO this gigabet nonsense has so little relevance here that it shouldn't really be considered. Winning those chips gives OP a strategic advantage on the players to his left, but people seem to forget that losing those chips hurts him strategically. If the BB folds, he can still steal his way to chip lead but losing a showdown does not make this possible the immediate future.
The BB probably made this call because of the games he had played with OP and recognized that the OP will sometimes push any two in the SB. He probably figured that this was one of those times and correctly made a call that is very much +$EV according to ICM alone.
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