Quote Originally Posted by Darby
you might also want to stay out of 3 way all ins with a pair of 4's because at best you are up against probably 5 over cards, maybe even an overpair.
True, but given the situation I figured I was stronger than the big bettor in this situation, and probably a coin flip vs. the smaller side pot on the original all in. In other words I knew when I called that there were two pots, and I expected to beat at least one of the two guys - ideally the guy with the most money in. It turned out better than that, obviously. That one truly was a calculated risk, but I couldn't at that early point in the tournament put in 1/6 of my short stack and then let mr. aggressive steal it. If I had let that one go with an actual hand, I very likely would have bled out before even getting to make another move (an instinct that proved to be correct, since I had no good hands and no large pots between that one & the one that put me out).