NO PROTECTION

Q: I was down to the last three in a live no-limit hold’em tournament recently and was about equal chipleader with one other guy. He was on the big blind, I was on the small and the third man was on the button with only about three big blinds left, so he had to make a move. After a few seconds of thinking he went all-in and looking down, I saw I had A-10. I could have just called, but I thought I’d have a much better chance of winning the hand if I massively overbet to stop the big blind from calling.