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Originally Posted by Mr Rick
At the Venetian I played in a similar situation where I was in 3rd place with 7 players and I managed to get to 3rd place by not doing exactly this. The hand of significance was when there were 4 players left and the short stack went all in with like 4 or 5 bb's. I had A9s and could have raised (or jammed) and everyone would have folded. But I called instead and the BB who was the chip leader called as well. The BB blind checked the flop (probably to let me know we were trying to eliminate the short stack) and the flop was 875. I checked as well. On the turn, which was not a 6, the BB who had flopped 2 pair bet large and I folded. We ended up knocking out the short stack who had only 1 pair (which I wouldn't have done had I gotten it HU). That alone was worth $15,000.
I think the biggest difference between your hand and OP's is that the short stack is already all-in, and you don't have to worry about getting him to commit his chips. That's why I like the click-back in OP's situation, to ensure the short stack gets his money in and doesn't fold postflop (or you don't fold if you get a scary flop, because you could still be ahead).
In the situation you describe, most of your range should be a flat-- a jam would only get called if someone wakes up behind you with a bigger hand than yours. I had a similar hand at my recent final table:
Yatahay Network - 400000/800000 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (SB): 19.92 BB
BB: 69.03 BB
UTG: 16.06 BB
MP: 55.58 BB
CO: 10.17 BB
BTN: 5.8 BB
6 players post ante of 0.1 BB,
Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 2.1 BB) Hero has A
J
fold,
fold,
fold,
BTN raises to 5.7 BB and is all-in,
Hero calls 5.2 BB,
fold
Flop: (13.01 BB, 2 players) 2
6
6
Turn: (13.01 BB, 2 players) Q
River: (13.01 BB, 2 players) J
Hero shows A
J
(Two Pair, Jacks and Sixes)
(Pre 72%, Flop 72%, Turn 77%)
BTN shows A
3
(One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 28%, Flop 28%, Turn 23%)
Hero wins 13.01 BB
I would flat most of my range here-- the jams might be something like TT-JJ (and maybe QQ), AK, maybe AQ. I don't think, holding AJo, that BB is rejamming a hand worse than mine; almost all of his rejamming range dominates me, and if I jam, I'm only getting called by hands that dominate me. So I just flat here, which shows that I'm strong enough to take the all-in player to showdown. But I would also flat KK+ (and maybe QQ) and then call off if BB rejammed.