i keep thinking about this hand from a month ago...

[teamdonkey]

was at the final table of a B&M MTT. Weird tournament structure, at the final table the small stack can cash out for their chip value at any time. There's about $7600 on the table and i have about 800 of it with 6 of us left. Here's my account of it from this thread:

"We're down to 6 people (others have busted or cashed out), blinds are 25/50, i have about 800 before posting the BB. CO is the big stack and has been very aggressive, often putting in large raises pre-flop and pot size bets on the flop. My image is tight and inexperienced... i've clearly been looking to chop or cash out since the table started, and have used this image to steal blinds and limps a couple times so far. To be honest i don't remember what i was dealt in the hand, it was not very impressive. Folded to CO who min raises to 100, folded to me and i call with the intention of making a decent sized bet on the flop. Flop is A2A (two spades), i caught none of it. CO bets 200 out of turn, dealer tells him to pull it back... what's my move?"

In case it wasn't clear i'm holding something like 10/6o, with virtually no chance of winning a showdown. I folded here and wasn't that unhappy about it afterwards. But it occurred to me today that this isn't just push or fold... i could just call $200 to stay in the $400 pot. My assumption is this:

-if he has an ace, he bets the turn and i fold
-if he doesn't have an ace, he checks behind, i push the river and he folds

yes? no? do the 2 spades on the board complicate things too much?