I think I had to put all my chips in here, going for first?

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Yeah, but calling along decreases his odds even more. What if one of them folds postflop to a dumb side pot play? What if they fold postflop?

I want my chips knocking out third place guy there. I think calling along and check-calling accomplishes this best.

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I guess one could reason like this: If the other small stack wins the hand you will most likely go out fourth even if you fold. So it is better to call and try to quadruple your stack if you hit a good flop. If you fail, you will still end up third if the other small stack loses. If you succeed you have a shot of making it above 3rd. Besides if smallstack wins and you end up making the second best hand, you still have somewhat of a shot.

Interesting hand.