What hands should he call with? (with POLL)

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Supervising the end of a 5 table live tournament in vegas this week.

Player in the BB is in question here. There are five left. P1, short stacked, goes all-in for about double the BB. P2 goes all-in for about another BB more than that. P3 goes all-in over the top for a large amount (he was chip leader). P4 folded.

The BB had about half as many chips as the chip leader.

Assume the payout structure was 34% for 1st, 20% for second, 15% third, and on down (paid six places total).

A friend and I were discussing quietly during the hand (from a distance) what we would call with. I said "AA for sure, and KK maybe, but everything else absolutely not." My friend agreed.

The BB agonized for a while and finally folded. He nearly hit the roof when the board showed A A Q K 7 rainbow (he had folded AKo).

Despite the results, I have absolutely 0% doubt that he made the correct play by folding.

al