Re: 17 way chop - was it a good decision
Even if you are very risk averse (which you shouldn't be in such a small tournament), there is no reason to agree to a chop in this situation.
When you are the lone hold-out to a chop, you have an immense amount of power. It isn't that you decide whether there will be a chop or not, it's that you decide when the chop happens.
If everyone is really eager to chop, and you are risk averse, just keep playing very conservatively for a while while other people get knocked out. Basically, play it like a super-satellite. You can accede to the chop whenever your stack gets down below average, and make additional money without ever having a real risk of getting knocked out.
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