[BarryLyndon]

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First off, making this kind of play without a really good read is spewy IMO. If you got Villain to fold in this particular situation, I believe you were lucky, cause most Villains wouldn't fold top pair after putting nearly 25% of their stack in the middle. Second, I like this play a lot more if both of you were like 100BBs deep and your opponent actually would have to risk a big stack to continue.

I've tried these plays before and most of the time I end up getting called. The few times I got Villain to lay down is probably just due to the fact that I was lucky to have made a bad move against the right player. You are more than 50BBs deep and still able to make some post-flop moves, why risk that ability on a bluff against a Villain on whom you have vague reads?

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Exactly. It's not like the play in a vacuum is bad. It's just that MTTs are post flop play hell and you really have to be very, very precise early. If you made this play LATER in the tournament, btw, I wouldn't mind it as much.

Barry