HOH: Inflection points vs. common sense

[gildwulf]

I was wondering if we could talk about Harrington's concept of Red Zone play (pp. 142-155 in HOH2). I have a few questions:

What do the solid players here think of his pushes and the justification? The jist of this section is he has an M of 1-3, he is at the final table of a MTT online tourney and is trying to make some moves. He doesn't give any reads. I believe the hands in order are

a. 6 people fold in front of him and he goes all-in with T6o
b. 3rd to act and Dan goes all in with 97s because of his "first-in vigorish"
c. he gets called down by a better hand, and the very next hand he goes all-in from 2nd position with 87o
d. Stealing blinds in CO from 64o.

Maybe I am just playing at the 20s where people have loose calling ranges, or maybe I don't play enough MTT tourneys, but I practically had to put my hands over my eyes while reading this section in fear for Harrington's tourney life. Is this kind of super aggression warranted when you are a relatively short stack? Does Harrington not understand fold equity? Can someone who has read HOH2 and is a better player than I am defend this or critique it?

I just feel that this passage just goes against everything I've learned (i.e. unlearned) at 2+2...