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sorry, I can’t access your chart. I agree with you as a big stack you want to be putting pressure on the medium/low medium stacks. Usually the the second and third shortest stacks are the ones under the most ICM pressure. In this specific scenario, the other big stack was out of the hand and I closed the action pre-flop. With it checking through on the flop and turn and such a dry board, I was fairly confident the winning hand would be a single, random pair. Betting out 10 BB was big enough for anyone who called me and lost would have been crippled in stack size. If I was called and lost then yes that player would have chipped up nicely. I would have been left with a 20 BB stack which I felt was a manageable stack though obviously not as nice as 30 bb. Most of the money was in the top 3 payouts but it was a tourney with 250-300 entrants so each ladder up was significant.
So many times we check through a hand with multiple players when one other is all in. More players in the hand increases the likelihood of busting the all in player. I have done this many times with a medium or shorter stack. This specific scenario was a opportunity to continue putting maximum ICM pressure on many players at the table. I was able to chip up nicely and I believe, easier over the next 30 minutes. It doesn’t come up often but as a big stack at a final table, look for these spots.
