Although it is extremely nitty, I have made this fold before myself. And I wasn't even in danger of going broke. I had a very short-stack shove in front of me and a solid player reshove right after him... when it got to me, I could not see calling in that spot even though it was for slightly less than half my chips. I figured the first person could have anything but the solid player was probably reshoving with AQs+, AK, and TT+. And against the majority of that range, I wasn't happy. I made the fold after some thought.
After the hand played out, another player reached over and tabled my mucked cards (this is a common issue that the host doesn't deal with sternly enough). I would have won the hand but even more, I think the pure shock of my laying that down was too much for some of the people there. Later the solid player asked me about it, we talk poker after the game sometimes, and I explained the range I put him on and just said that it was a reaction to that range. As it turned out, my range for him was narrower than he was pushing with in that spot. But I was still happy with my fold.
Against his range, I was not the favorite. When I factor in the range of the original person and go against both of them, it's even worse for me.
Anyway, it depends on the range you thought the guy was making this move with. But I think the fold can easily be defended.
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