I don't think pushing is the ONLY option here...

[MrGrob]

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The thing is that the button is still going to avoid busting with how short stacked you are. I mean if he isn't, then he truly is awful.

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Yea, that is the point. The read I had on this guy after watching the tourney was that he was truly bad and capable of busting himself out of the money in a few hands. If I thought that he was going to avoid busting, or knew better not to, I would never think twice about going in here. But he was really going out of his way to play everything he was dealt and I really think he was capable of a seriously stupid play vs. the big stacks.

Would anyone's answer change if our "hero" had only 20 or 30 chips less then the button (take them from the chip leader) given the same circumstances and situation otherwise?