$6.50 - Thinking past ICM

[Oasis88]

Hi all,

I am aware this may be interpreted as a simple ICM calculation but isn't villains calling range going to be huge? While this may still warrant a push, it just feels wrong to gamble. I just feel a little awkward when I have either a really big stack or a really short one. I much prefer to bully 2nd and 3rd place stacks on the bubble. Is this the wrong way to think?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Hero (t2865)
BB (t890)
UTG (t4700)
Button (t5045)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, hero cries

Thanks guys, hopefully you can shed some light on these types of situations. Particularly when I have a fragile stack myself and I have a bad hand and then confronted with a BvB situation against an even smaller stack where I just know he is going to be calling huge. ICM probably dictates a push in these situations but I just feel really awkward.

p.s. While I would like to have more examples, I am not referring specifically to this hand alone but this idea in general.

Hope you can help, thanks.