AQo 9BB final table vs EP open ICM in play

Guy did have a 25% EP over 90 hands most of them were from an earlier table when he was commanding CL there, but with a pretty steep payout jump for a $3 tourney, I think ICM is in play and obvious had the feeling at that moment someone or more would bust out before I would do. Also why would he risk his good position here with an EP steal, when he prolly already has something locked up with his chipstack, on other hand he could also see this as a perfect spot to steal if so WP sir.

Payouts are from 8th-4th $46, $93, $139, $233, $307 and top 3 gets a Sony experia Z3 or around $500 in cash

Still pretty hard to fold AQo when you have 9BB.

What are your toughts?


$2k/$4k No Limit Holdem
iPoker
8 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG mrhightower ($39k) 10bb
UTG+1 SosiQue ($55k) 14bb
MP1 Bravepiitt ($41k) 10bb
MP2 Hero ($37k) 9bb
CO EderDerMeister ($81k) 20bb
BTN Blackbeard1718 ($28k) 7bb
SB bubusvaba ($26k) 6bb
BB LuciaFedele ($54k) 13bb

Pre-Flop: ($9.2k, 8 players) Hero is MP2
1 fold, SosiQue raises to $8k, 1 fold, Hero folds, 4 folds

Final Pot: $17k

SosiQue wins $17k (net +$9.2k)