[DoubleDeuce]

I have a question about this play from my past Friday night game (see other thread). Here is the situation:

6 players left out of 16 total. Payout is top 4. The blinds are 4000/8000. Even the big stacks aren't over 80K chips.

1st and 2nd position fold. Smallest stack goes all-in with 12k. I go all-in for a total of 16k. Small blind folds.

Big blind has a good size stack but that is still around 45k. He calls the extra 8k.
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So before I reveal the hands, what type of hand do you think the BB is holding?




Ready?


1st all-in = ATs

Me = QQ

BB = 79o


Flop comes 79x and his two pair holds up.

Now this is not supposed to be a bad beat story. I'm just curious as to why the BB made the call and how viable a play it is. Granted the pot odds are great, 5-1, but still to risk about 20% of his stack to call two all-ins seems a bit of a gamble. Any ideas about this type of play?