Deep in the tournament and your tournament life is at stake

[winky51]

I was faced with a serious decision tonight and I knew somewhere there is an article on this.

Player X is a LAG. Raises with A7s+, KQ, KJ, any pair 66+. Player X has no clue about pot odds, dominated hands, or how to bet. He is slightly tricky. He pushes on flops he hits no matter the kicker or the made hand, TP, set, 2 pair. If a player reraises him preflop he assumes a small pair and pushes all in on AJ+. If he has a pair he assumes the reraiser has AK and pushes anyways. So usually Player X is a coin flip at best vs other players.

SITUATION: Both you and player X are deep in a MTT and both of you are the chip leaders of the tournament. If you play it safe you can get to the final table.

Blinds 800/400
(25k chips) Player X raies 3x the blinds from MP1.
(25k chips) Me CO position

I have Ad Ks. Since I know that Player X will just push if I reraise I thought I would play it conservative and just flat call with position. I didnt want a confrontation with the other chip leader and wanted to keep the pot small. Player X has it in for me because I beat him in several pots earlier. He is dying get all my chips.

Flop comes Kd 7s 2d.

Player X takes 2 seconds and pushes all in for 25k. Pot is 5200 + his push of 22,600. If you call and lose your out. If you call and win your the king. If you fold you still have a lot of chips and can make the final table pretty easy.

I thought for a while on this one. And I know I read an article on this very situation somewhere. I will tell you my action and results later. What's your all thoughts.