KO MTT Deep $3.30 - GII?

Interested in thoughts here, specifically about your approach to a bounty tournament and these specific bounties on the short stacks. For reference, half of the bounty is paid out, half goes on to your own head. We're around 1% of the field remaining, approx. 100 players.

A5s is normally too loose for me to open with this stack, but the key is that the bb has a $40 bounty and I figure it's worth a gamble, assuming he gets in almost ATC. MP1 is loose passive with a $20 bounty and MP2 also has a $40 bounty. How do we like an overjam? We're going to have 30% equity against MP2 and MP1 should probably fold.

FWIW, I have a $30 bounty on my head and the other short stack on the sb has $40.


Poker Stars, $3 Buy-in (8,000/16,000 blinds, 2,400 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: 98,905 (6.2 bb)
BB: 46,659 (2.9 bb)
Hero (UTG+1): 314,709 (19.7 bb)
UTG+2: 489,453 (30.6 bb)
MP1: 653,019 (40.8 bb)
MP2: 114,830 (7.2 bb)
MP3: 403,718 (25.2 bb)
CO: 272,188 (17 bb)
BTN: 358,013 (22.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 5:diamond: A:diamond:
Hero raises to 34,200, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls 34,200, MP2 raises to 112,430 and is all-in, 5 folds, Hero????

I do not really play knock out tournaments, but I think trying to steal the BB / knock him out with Ace suited from UTG is probably flawed to begin with.

You should think about the KO tournaments. Recreational players love them.